Indigenous knowledge management practices in indigenous organizations in South Africa and Tanzania
| dc.creator | Lwoga, Edda Tandi | |
| dc.creator | Ngulube, Patrick | |
| dc.creator | Stilwell, Christine | |
| dc.date | 2019-06-20T08:32:51Z | |
| dc.date | 2019-06-20T08:32:51Z | |
| dc.date | 2017 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-05T13:34:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-05-05T13:34:58Z | |
| dc.description | Traditional communities have a highly developed knowledge system. They struggle, however, to lobby for critical issues as this knowledge is not documented. The chapter addresses this problem by seeking a suitable knowledge creation model for South African and Tanzanian indigenous organizations. It draws on fieldwork and reviews the literature and organizational websites. It applies Myer's seven C's model (2014) to determine how knowledge management may assist organizations in addressing challenges effectively. The findings demonstrate that Myers's model (2014) has been successful in part in explaining the knowledge management practices of indigenous organizations in these two countries. It is also difficult for indigenous organizations to motivate people to share knowledge because indigenous knowledge is individualized and used as a source of power, status and income in the communities. It is … | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://dspace.cbe.ac.tz:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/228 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/74380 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | College of Business Education | |
| dc.subject | Research on Social, Cultural, and Educational Considerations of Indigenous Knowledge in Developing Countries | |
| dc.title | Indigenous knowledge management practices in indigenous organizations in South Africa and Tanzania | |
| dc.type | Article |