%0 Journal Article
%T Non-governmental organizations and KM: A human centric approach
%A Iftikhar Hussain
%A Waheed Akhtar
%A Shahid Hussain
%J Management Science Letters
%D 2012
%I Growing Science
%X Non-governmental organizations need to manage their knowledge similarly to for-profit organizations. Although for effective KM a technology, people, task, and structure ¨C integrated approach is required. However, there is a strong imperative to develop people capabilities within Non-governmental organizations in order to meet the challenges of economic, social and environmental development. Therefore, in this study we have particularly examined the impact of human resources on KM effectiveness in the nonprofit industry. The study deals with three major research questions: (1) Does the level of human resourcesĄ¯ knowledge have a positive influence on a Non-governmental organizationĄ¯s KM capabilities? (2) Does a Non-governmental organizationĄ¯s KM capability positively influence its knowledge processing capability? (3) Does a Non-governmental organizationĄ¯s knowledge processing capability positively influence its performance? Further, the study aims to investigate human resource management related issues in KM implementation in nonprofit industry, and attempts to provide appropriate solutions. Finally, the study proposed a KM model for nonprofit industry.
%K NGO
%K HRs
%K KM
%K Individuals
%K Organization
%U http://www.growingscience.com/msl/Vol2/msl_2011_112.pdf