Knowledge management in public universities in Brazil and Portugal

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22279/navus.2022.v12.p01-13.1739

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knowledge management, higher education institution, comparative study.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to investigate which indicators facilitate or are barriers to Knowledge Management and which therefore behave as enablers or inhibitors of innovation and social effectiveness in higher education institutions in Brazil and Portugal, in the perception of managers in education. It is a quantitative study operationalized through a survey with descriptive purpose. Data were collected through questionnaires and their treatment was operated on electronic spreadsheets. The results showed that both the Brazilian and the Portuguese higher education institutions  have a satisfactory performance in knowledge management, especially in the process of knowledge acquisition. However, the section that deals with knowledge assessment, and which is related to the strategic process, showed that the organizational strategy has not taken on the role of a learning process overtime, which can compromise innovation capability and social effectiveness of institutions in the future. Through this study, facilitating indexes and knowledge management barriers were identified in the public service of education in Brazil and in Portugal.

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Author Biographies

Lydia Maria Pinto Brito, Universidade Potiguar.

Doutora em Educação pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC).

Ahiram Brunni Cartaxo de Castro, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte - IFRN.

Doutor em Administração. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN) – Brasil. brunnicastro@hotmail.com.

António Jorge Fernandes, Universidade de Aveiro (UA).

Doutor em Economia Internacional e Desenvolvimento pela Universidade de Barcelona.

Naeldson Expedito Alves da Silva, Doutorando em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática. Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA) – Brasil.

Doutorando em Ensino de Ciências e Matemática. Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido (UFERSA) – Brasil. 

Cristine Hermann Nodari, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará - IFCE.

Doutora em Administração pela Universidade Potiguar.

Arthur William Pereira da Silva, Doutor em Administração. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE) – Brasil.

Doutor em Administração. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará (IFCE) – Brasil. 

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2022-03-09

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