Title: Human resource management and knowledge management

Authors: Adonay Habtu; Tewelde Mezgobo

Addresses: Mekelle University, P.O. Box 251, Mekele City, Tigray, Ethiopia ' Mekelle University, P.O. Box 251, Mekele City, Tigray, Ethiopia

Abstract: In order to have a sustainable competitive advantage, organisations are generally recognising the crucial importance of knowledge management as a competitive weapon to exile in the global competition. Accordingly, it is a must to consider the impact of such a notion towards the theory and practice of management in general and other functional areas like HRM in particular. To effectively manage and gain significant contribution of knowledge and knowledge workers for organisational performance, organisations tend to use effective HR practices and strategies in knowledge management. In this regard, the objective of this study is to describe and analyse the theories and existing practices of human resource management and knowledge management via literature reviews. According to this paper, organisations are generally recognising the crucial importance of knowledge and knowledge management as a competitive weapon to exile in the global competition. Such trend challenges the traditional HRM in considerable ways more than ever before. Beyond its consideration of the challenges posed to HRM in general, this paper has tried to address the transformation needed by the major functional areas of HRM in such a way that they are going to respond to these challenges.

Keywords: knowledge management; human resource management; competitive advantage; transformation in HRM; knowledge workers.

DOI: 10.1504/EMJM.2024.135987

EuroMed Journal of Management, 2024 Vol.6 No.1, pp.42 - 56

Received: 18 Jun 2023
Accepted: 31 Jul 2023
Published online: 11 Jan 2024 *

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