The Theoretical Bases of Knowledge Management

Authors

  • Márta B. Erdős University of Pecs image/svg+xml
  • Gábor Juhász University of Pecs image/svg+xml
  • Péter Garai Türr István Training and Research Institute; University of Kaposvár

Keywords:

tudás, innováció, tudásmenedzsment, kommunikációs audit, konzultatív-participatív vezetői stílus, szervezeti kultúra, tapasztalati közösségek

Abstract

As Schultz states in his study called Investment in Human Capital (Schultz, T.W., 1961, 1983) employers can become capital owners by acquisition of economically valuable knowledge and skills. In Schultz’s understanding education and training is an investment that results into the development of a special kind of capital called human capital.
S. Rosen (Rosen, 1977) points out that human capital comprises the abilities and productive knowledge of individuals. Consequently, the yield of investment into human capital comes from the development of the individual’s knowledge, skills, thus the capacity to generate income and increase the effectiveness of economic decision making.
Due to major contemporary economic and social changes the role of education and training, and thus the role of knowledge management has become foregrounded worldwide. In the second half of 20th Century knowledge has become an essential factor of production and its significance is constantly growing. The increased significance is represented in expressions such as knowledge society, information society, network society as well as knowledge management, which is in the focus of our publication.

Author Biographies

  • Márta B. Erdős, University of Pecs

    Marta B. Erdős (Ph.D., Dr. habil.) is head of department, an associate professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pecs. Her area of interest is generativity in a post-communist social context. In 2011 she was appointed leader of an evaluation research centre, SZINEK (Social Innovations Evaluation Centre).

  • Gábor Juhász, University of Pecs

    Gábor Juhász (Ph.D., Dr. habil.) is an associate professor of the University of Pécs Faculty of Humanities Department of Social Work and Social Policy. He is a chairman of Human Exchange Foundation. His primary research interests focus on the questions of human innovation, human and social capital, welfare and social economy.

  • Péter Garai, Türr István Training and Research Institute; University of Kaposvár

    Péter Garai (Ph.D.) is a director of Türr István Training and Research Institute at Pécs. Education and labour expert, scientific researcher of the University of Kaposvár. Being worked in education conduct and education research for 10 years. Publishing and analyse the education, employing, roma sociological territorial nature of the Europian Union, Hungary, Transdanubian Region.

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Published

01-12-2012

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1-2 (2012)

Section

Theoretical Studies

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