Document Type
Article
Rights
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence
Disciplines
Business and Management.
Abstract
Knowledge is the currency of the current economy and a vital resource for sustaining organisational performance in today’s knowledge-based intensively competitive business environment. To avoid the detrimental consequences of knowledge loss, managers are urged to identify where knowledge stocks exist and how knowledge flows within their organisations by identifying knowledge holders among their employees. Although some studies have attempted to use different methods to measure knowledge at the organisational level, very few have addressed the individual knowledge holder. Moving from a critical literature review of the existing knowledge measurement approaches, this paper proposes a novel framework that enables organisations to measure individual knowledge in the business context using a set of metrics, which are subsequently validated via a series of in-depth interviews with senior managers. A summary of the managers’ views on individual knowledge measurement is presented, and reflections on the industry application of the proposed framework and recommendations for its improvement are also discussed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/kmrp.2013.40.
Recommended Citation
Ragab, M. & Arisha, A. (2013), The Mink Framework: Towards Measuring Individual Knowledge, Journal of Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Vol. 11, no. 3. doi: 10.1057/kmrp.2013.40.
Funder
College of Business - DIT
Publication Details
Ragab, M., and Arisha, A. (2013), “The Mink Framework: Towards Measuring Individual Knowledge”, Journal of Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Volume 11, Issue 3, Palgrave Journal doi: 10.1057/kmrp.2013.40.