Organizational Memory Impact on the Intellectual Capital Case Study - Gaza Power Generating Company

نوع المستند : بحوث باللغة الإنجلیزیة

المؤلفون

1 College of Commerce, The Islamic University, Gaza, Palestine

2 Gaza Power Generating Company

المستخلص

The study aimed to highlight the concepts of organizational memory and intellectual capital and to investigate the impact of the organizational memory on the intellectual capital by the staff of Gaza Power Generating Company. Using the qualitative analytical approach, the study used an adaptable model generated to represent the organizational memory through the experiences, data archiving systems, standard operating procedures, organization’s policies and the learning facilities to investigate the impact of these elements on the intellectual capital through its main components; human capital and structural capital. A questionnaire has been developed and tested by a pilot study and then distributed to a sample consisting of 106 employees where 92% response rate achieved. The collected data was analyzed by statistical methods and manipulated through the SPSS software. The results showed the organizational memory and policies influence the intellectual capital. The study recommended the necessity of creating the awareness of the organizational memory at the organizations and it’s great role in the development of the intellectual capital and to setup structured and organized systems for its elements.

نقاط رئيسية

 

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الكلمات الرئيسية

الموضوعات الرئيسية


-      Abel, M. (2008). “Competencies Management and Learning Organizational Memory”, Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 15-30.
-      AlAli, Nermin. (2003). Comprehensive Intellectual Capital Management. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
-      Amiri, Ali and Others. (2010). “Increasing the Intellectual Capital in Organization: Examining the Role of Organizational Learning”, European Journal of Social Science Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 98-108.
-      Attia, latif. (2008). “Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management: Relation and Effects”, Journal Of Alqadesia for Management and Economic Science, Vol. 10, No. 3.
-      Berl, S. W. (2005). Organizational Policies and Procedures Establish Policy.Asheville, NC.
-      Bontis, Nick. (1998). “Intellectual Capital: An Exploratory Study that Develops Measures and Models”, Journal of Management Decision, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 63-76.
-      Chen, Jin and Others. (2004). “Measuring Intellectual Capital: A New  Model and Empirical Study”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 195-212.
-      Cheng, Meng-Yuh and Others.  (2010). “Invested Resources, Competitive Intellectual Capital and Corporate Performance”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 433-450.
-      Cheng, Shuenn. (2004). “Intellectual Capital Evaluation with Soft Computing Methods”, Journal of E-Commerce Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 95-114.
-      Choong, Kwee. (2008). “Intellectual Capital: Definitions, Categorization and Reporting Models”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 609 – 638.
-      ConKlin, Jeff. (2001). Designing Organizational Memory: Preserving Intellectual Assets in Knowledge Economy. CogNexus Institute.
-      Curado, Carla. (2003). Perception of Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital in the Banking Industry.  Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal.
-      Guerrero, L. and Others. (1999). Understanding Organizational Learning. DID University of De Chile, No. 1-015-99.
-      Hamada, Amer. (2010). “Training and its Impact on Intellectual Capital at the National Palestinian Authority”, Master Thesis, Islamic University of Gaza.
-      Hofmann, Jan and Others. (2008). How Intellectual Capital Creates Value.
-      Huang, Yi-Chum and Others. (2010). “Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Productivity: The Taiwan Biotech Industry”, Journal of Management Decision, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 580-599.
-      Jennex, Murray and Others. (2002). “Organizational Memory Effects on Productivity”, 35Th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science.
-      Kamukama, Nixon and Others.  (2011). ‘Competitive Advantages of Intellectual Capital and Performance”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 152-164.
-      Lin, Furen and Others.  (2000). Conceptual Model of Virtual Learning Organization. National Sun Yat-Sen University, pp. 849-863.
-      Palestinian Electricity Company. (2009). Annual Report.
-      Palestinian Electricity Company Intranet. www.pec.ps.
-      Petty, Richard M. and V.  (2006). “Intellectual Capital and Valuation: Challenges in the Voluntary Disclosure of Value Drivers”, Journal of Finance and Accountancy.
-      Swart, Juani. (2006). “Intellectual Capital: Disentangling an Enigmatic Concept”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.136-159.
-      Tanya, Elias. (2011). Learning Analytics: Definition, Processes and Potential.
-      Tasi, Chen-Yi and Others. (2005). Core Capability and Core Rigidity: Organizational Memory Perspective. Shou University, China.
-      Toulouse, F. (1994). Policy Definition and Classification: Aspects, Criteria, and Examples. IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management.
-      Vargas, Jose. (2010). “How Intellectual Capital and Learning Organization Can Foster Organizational Competitiveness”, International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 5, No. 4.
-      Wexler, M. (2002). “Organizational Memory and Intellectual Capital”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 393-413.
-      Yousef, AbdelSattar. (2005). Study and Evolutes the Intellectual Capital in Business Enterprises. AlZaytoona University, Amman.
-      Zagreb, M. (2007). Handbook of IC Management in Companies. Mesnička, Croatia.
-      Zerenler, Muammer. (2008). “Intellectual Capital and Innovation Performance: Empirical Evidence in the Turkish Automotive Supplier”, Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 31-40.
-      Zhou, Albert Z. (2003). “The Intellectual Capital Web A Systematic Linking of Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management”, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 34-48.