A study on the need of knowledge management in public administration

Authors

  • Murat Yıldırım Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü

Keywords:

Knowledge, Knowledge Society, Knowledge Management, Public Administration

Abstract

Knowledge management is a business strategy aiming at accomplishing the organizations by means of the most effective use of knowledge in the context where there are very rapid and wide changes. Practices for knowledge management in public administration bear traces of new public management. New public management approach strives to reduce the size of public sector and open it up to market. This efforts facilitate the application of knowledge management in public administration. However, the emphasis on the importance of knowledge, knowledge use and knowledge share isn't an adequate requirement for knowledge management in public administration. In this context the concepts of knowledge and knowledge-society have been defined, the meaning of knowledge management has been explained, and basic principles of knowledge management on public administration have been clarified.

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Author Biography

Murat Yıldırım, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü

I was born in Bursa, on 23.07.1977. I completed my primary education school in Samsun Gülsüm Sami Kefeli Elementary School and my secondary school education in Samsun 19 Mayıs High School. I studied my undergraduate program between 1994-1998, graduate program between 1999-2001, and doctoral program between 2002-2006 in the Department of Public Administration in Cumhuriyet University. I started to work as a research assistant in the Discipline of Administrative Sciences in the Department of Public Administration in the Faculty of  Economics and Administrative Sciences. In the same university and department, I became an assistant professor in 2007.

Published

2010-05-23

How to Cite

Yıldırım, M. (2010). A study on the need of knowledge management in public administration. Journal of Human Sciences, 7(1), 1311–1334. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/939

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Public Administration