Use of Wikis in Organizational Knowledge Management

This article presents the mapping of wiki tool functions in the organizational processes of knowledge management. Mapping these functions and their individual weights in the overall process will identify opportunities for decision-making and the optimization of knowledge sharing, a recognized asset in differentiation and organizational competitiveness. This is an exploratorydescriptive case study based on data collected from a questionnaire applied to 80 IT workers employed at a multinational company in Brazil. The use of mixed methods in data analysis was complemented by content analysis of the research corpus created. A theoretical model is graphically developed following Nonaka and Takeuchi’s knowledge spiral model (1997), a conventional model in knowledge management. In addition, an indicator of the individual contribution of each step in the conversion process of tacit into explicit knowledge is introduced. This case study alone does not enable a generalization of the findings. Therefore, a replication of the process and especially multiple testing of the constructed indicator are indispensable to its validation. Validation of the use of the wiki tool functions will allow the future development of measurements that can be directly employed in the organizational decision-making process. Statistically, a theoretical model is qualitatively discussed, which enables the construction of an initial indicator of the weight of individual contribution of steps in the knowledge generation process using the knowledge spiral model.

Competency Evaluation and Promotion for Portfolio Management Based on Organizational Project Management Maturity Model

The objective of this paper is to present an and promote the capabilities of organizational portfolio ment Maturity Model （ OPM3 ）, the process areas of approach to comprehensively and quantitatively evaluate management. Based on the Organizational Project Manage- organizational project portfolio management are identified through the questionnaire survey and further analysis, and five capability levels are put forward and described. Then the methods of Delphi, AHP and multi-layer fuzzy comprehensive evaluation are applied to construct a mod- el of assessment and promotion. Finally, an illustrative example is presented to verify the proposed approach The result objectively and accurately describes the project portfolio management capabilities of the organization, and shows that it is able to provide a theoretical basis for an organization to improve and enhance the project port- folio management

Analysis of Starbucks in China

Since coffee is gradually becoming popular in China,the promising market prospect that China’s coffee market has is appealing to multiple companies.Starbucks,a successful business magnate in the coffee market around the globe,occupies a huge market share in China’s coffee market.Nevertheless,numerous competitors,especially domestic coffee brands in China,and the hit caused by the COVID-19 epidemic put great pressure on the company.Furthermore,the company itself also has some weaknesses currently,which can affect the corporation negatively.As a result,based on the background of China’s coffee market and the enterprise’s own situation,this article mainly pays attention to three vulnerabilities,giving an analysis of these problems,and some suggestions will be provided correspondingly.

Intention to Leave and Associated Factors among Health Professionals in Jimma Zone Public Health Centers, Southwest Ethiopia

Background: Inadequate human resources are a major constraint to improving global health. The health sector is characterized by a high turnover coupled with internal as well as external brain drain but there is little information on intention to leave among health professionals in public health centers of Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State. The aim of this study is to assess intention to leave and associated factors among health professionals in public health centers of Jimma Zone, southwest Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative and qualitative study was conducted on seven randomly selected woredas (districts) which have 53 public health centers. All health professionals in sampled district public health centers were included (n = 505). Factor analysis was employed for all Likert scale instruments to extract factor(s) representing each of the scales using SPSS version 16.0. The qualitative data was analyzed by thematic analysis methods. Ethical approval was obtained from Jimma University. Results: Four hundred fifty five (90.1%) health professionals participated in the study;out of this, 290 (63.7%) had intention to leave. Among variables, job satisfaction (Beta = -0.298, (95% CI, -0.568 to -0.029), working environment (Beta = -0.612, (95% CI, -0.955 to -0.270), and organizational management (Beta = -0.552, (95% CI, 0.289 to 0.815) had statistically significant association with intention to leave among health professionals in public health centers of Jimma Zone. Conclusions: The overall intention to leave among health professionals was high. Level of job satisfaction, working environment, work pressure, and organizational management had statistically significant association with intention to leave. Thus, responsible bodies should aggressively work on the concerns identified, like, improvements in salary, promotion in terms of training/educational opportunity, improving working environment, and transfer of health professionals, and improvement of the leadership skills of managers.

Women in Leadership and Decision-Making： Understanding Different Styles of Leading

Women in leadership and decision-making roles influence the policies and directions of organizations （Ahuja, 2002）. Women in leadership value supports from their organizations. Pro-social outcomes of relationship competence are mediated by the development of empathy, collaborative approaches to conflict, self-disclosure, and social interest （Jogulu ＆ Wood, 2006）. Decision-making perspectives have uncertainty as the sole reason for organizational leaders to search for additional relevant information to solidify or clarify the information at the leader＇s disposal. A phenomenological qualitative research study which explored the preferred style of leadership based on three leadership and decision-making styles is presented in this paper1. The researcher gathered insights into the lived experiences of like-minded sample of respondents from the research population as they described their leadership and decisionmaking experiences within their organizations.

Architecture of Leadership： Behavioral Integrity and the Role of Strategy, Innovation, and Vision on Both Leaders and Followers

In the architecture of leadership, organizations continuously seek those in leadership positions who can demonstrate a correlation between good behavior and personality construct （Gautam 2009）. Behavioral integrity is centered on how leaders and followers can build relationships by focusing on honesty, trust, respect and being ethical towards meeting both internal and external stakeholder needs. The ethical abilities of leaders and followers determine how they are able to move an organization＇s strategy and goals into creating innovation and remaining on the competitive edge （Velthouse ＆ Kandogan 2007）. The behavioral integrity of leaders towards followers determines the performance level and creativity of followers. The behavioral integrity of followers is strongly based on the relationship they have with their leaders and the way in which leaders motivate and add value to followers by encouraging honest innovation that will add value to the overall strategy of an organization. Today＇s leaders need to foster good behavior and ethical value to improve the relationship between them and their followers （Hartman 1997）. This paper is centered on behavioral integrity and will analyze the role of strategy, innovation, and vision on both leaders and followers.