Examining the effect of leadership behavior and organizational culture on knowledge management
Introduction:
From 1993 knowledge was an important economic resources and to gain the competitive advantage organization should have emphasis on knowledge. Now a day its knowledge based economy in which knowledge based organizations have focus on the process of knowledge management which is knowledge creation, knowledge acquiring/learning, knowledge sharing and knowledge transferring. Organizational knowledge has two types tacit and explicit knowledge. Tacit knowledge basically subjective and experiential based which cannot be express in words while explicit knowledge based on objective and rational knowledge which can be express in words.
According to Maggie Haines, NHS Acting Director of KM
“Knowledge management is a process that emphasizes generating, capturing and sharing information know how and integrating these into business practices and decision making for greater organizational benefit.”
Leaders play important and significant role in developing and maintenance the culture in an organization. An effective leader should be have understanding of organizational culture so that they can implement knowledge management effectively (S.K. Sharma & A. Sharma, 2010). Organizational culture means believe and value structure in an organization. We have taken two approaches of leadership; transformational and transactional leadership behavior.
Problem statement:
In developing countries few organizations has focus on knowledge management. Knowledge management is a critical element of the organizations. In banking sector most of the decisions are based on knowledge like bank’s management need updated technology to remain competitive in the market, to improve the websites, quality of the services, create new knowledge etc. these decisions are taken by the bank’s