Organizational memory and its role for the knowledge management

Authors

  • Patrícia de Sá Freire Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Kelly Cristina Benetti Tonani Tosta Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Esperidião Amin Helou Filho Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Giorgio Gilwan da Silva Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8077.2012v14n33p41

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8077.2012v14n33p41

This study presents the conceptualization of organizational memory, its role in knowledge management and the importance of knowledge media for its construction. For this purpose, an exploratory research has been held on a theoretical basis. The results indicate that knowledge management is a supporting tool for knowledge creation and its maintenance within the organization, since it enables knowledge existing in people’s minds, and in the actions of their work practices, to be shared, recorded, preserved as an organizational memorial, and subsequently disseminated. The conclusion is that knowledge media, rather than simply disseminating organizational knowledge, have multiple roles in the permanent whole construction of knowledge. The media enable the creation of new contents, arouse
interest, attract attention, nurture socialization and record and disseminate knowledge, thus favoring its explicitness.

Author Biographies

Patrícia de Sá Freire, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

Kelly Cristina Benetti Tonani Tosta, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

Esperidião Amin Helou Filho, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Professor do Departamento de Ciências de Administração, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Florianópolis – SC, Brasil. E-mail: e.amin@uol.com.br

Giorgio Gilwan da Silva, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia e Gestão do Conhecimento, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

Published

2012-07-17

How to Cite

Freire, P. de S., Tosta, K. C. B. T., Helou Filho, E. A., & da Silva, G. G. (2012). Organizational memory and its role for the knowledge management. Revista De Ciências Da Administração, 14(33), 41–51. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8077.2012v14n33p41

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