Knowledge Management System and Learning Organization : An Empirical Study in an Engineering Organization

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of Knowledge Management System (KMS) on learning organization. This paper also attempts to investigate the relationship between demographic profile and KMS and the relationship between demographic profile and learning organizations. A private engineering concern in a district has been chosen for conducting this study and a sample of 65 managers and engineers were chosen from the population of 180 managers and engineers together. A survey-based instrument is used to gather the responses from managers and engineers. Some variations were observed on KMS due to the factors such as innovation, different market entry and market share. Some variations were observed on the properties of learning organization due to factors such as knowledge application, KM process and shared vision. The study is limited to one particular organization. The results may not be applicable to other business organizations. KMS is an IT based system developed for managing knowledge in organizations which supports the creation, capture, storage and dissemination of information. Nowadays, many organizations especially knowledge-based organizations have started realizing the importance and benefits of KMS and also the contribution of KMS in learning organizations is well understood by the organizations