An Integrated Proposal for a Knowledge Management Implementation & Maturity Assessment Model

Eirini Bougoulia – Department of Financial and Management Engineering School of Engineering, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece

Michail Glykas – Department of Financial and Management Engineering, Engineering School, University of the Aegean, Greece

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to suggest a comprehensive and inte­grated knowledge management implementation and maturity assessment model based on the most common critical success factors and corporate en­ablers discovered during a systematic overview of the knowledge manage­ment maturity models and the related literature review. Summarizing the re­view leads to the discovery of KMMMs CSFs and key themes, while simultane­ously examining the idea of standardization through accepted KM standards and their core principles. To provide a model that can be used by both practi­tioners and researchers in the future to improve organizational performance and to be used as a tool for knowledge management performance measure­ment, the implementation stages of the proposed framework, the maturity levels, the proposed assessment measuring tools and methods are presented in an approach that encompasses the core guidelines of ISO 30401.

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Bougoulia, E. & Glykas, M. (2022). An Integrated Proposal for a Knowledge Management Implementation & Maturity Assessment Model. In V. Bevanda (Ed.), International Scientific-Business Conference – LIMEN 2022: Vol 8. Conference proceedings (pp. 179-193). Association of Economists and Managers of the Balkans.  https://doi.org/10.31410/LIMEN.2022.179

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