USING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE TO ADAPT DYNAMIC EVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY: CREATING VALUE ADDED FOR LECTURE
HERIYANNI MASITHOH
Universitas Terbuka
Abstract
This paper examines a modeling on the role of technology advancement to be able to motivate lecturers to manage their knowledge, so they can provide value added to increase their performance. The study model is hoped to be able to identify how far lecturers in universities can utilizes information technology (IT) development to gain acquisition knowledge through environmental scanning, experimentation and individual learning. In order for knowledge to be able to provide multiplier effects, a lecturer should be able to optimize three things: knowledge creation, knowledge utilizing and knowledge sharing. This study promotes an important issue that the dynamics evolution of information makes the use of technology support not an option but necessity in managing knowledge. Our evidence comprises 125 lecturers in Universitas Terbuka and utilizes Structural Equation Model (SEM) as an analysis tool. Our finding indicates that technology advancement can directly affect understanding of knowledge management that gives value added to lecturers. Limitation of this research is sample constraint. More accurate results could be obtained if future research is more concentrate on respondents from various institutions to be able to make a more accurate comparison. The originality of this paper is to give a new insight on how skill/knowledge owned by lecturers in ICT can trigger their knowledge management.
Keywords: Knowledge management, Technology advancement, Value added, Educational Institution
Topic: Business Process in Digital Era