Knowledge Management for creative Human resource management

This article examines the role of knowledge management capacity in developing creative human resource management. The research serves to advance understanding of why and how HRM knowledge can lead to creative human resource management. One of the key factors in the growth of interest in knowledge management in the 0991s was the rediscovery that employees have skills and knowledge that are not available to (or 'captured' by) the organization. It is perhaps no coincidence that this discovery of the central importance of people as possessors of knowledge vital to the organization followed an intense period of corporate downsizing, outsourcing and stuff redundancies in the West. Knowledge management (KM) is about developing, sharing and applying knowledge within the organization to gain and sustain a competitive advantage. How, then, is human resource management (HRM) related to knowledge management? Scholars have argued recently that knowledge is dependent on people and that HRM issues, such as recruitment and selection, education and development, performance management, pay and reward, as well as the creation of a learning culture are vital for managing knowledge within firms Knowledge management and creative HRM. Current survey reveals that given globalization, rapid technological changes, shifting markets, and ever more complex organizational environments, the explorative learning strategy and creative HRM will probably be utilized by an ever growing number of organizations in the near future.

Knowledge Management for creative Human resource management Keywords:

Knowledge management , Human resource , Human knowledge