Research on the knowledge management practices and its benefits in south indian it organizations

Abstract

Knowledge is the key in this information era Every organization is newlinerealizing the importance of the knowledge and taking enough measures to newlineimprove utilize and retain the same After the 1997 recession in India and newlineother Asian countries caused a downturn in turnover in majority of the newlinecompanies the biggest threat identified by the respondents was the ability to newlinereduce the time to market and develop a competitive advantage Cost newlinereduction and improved productivity were also considered critical issues for newlineorganizations in the near future Hence managing the knowledge is one of the newlinekey areas that every organization should concentrate on Especially in the newlineInformation Technology where the employee attrition is very high proper newlinemeasures need to be taken to retain the organizational memory newline newline