Organizational Knowledge Management (KM) has been well realized over the past couple of decades a... more Organizational Knowledge Management (KM) has been well realized over the past couple of decades as an important part of leading enterprises. Besides, it is considered an integral component of a business organization. Globalization plays a significant role in how business is conducted leading to innovative technological trends. Social media (SM) tools such as blogs, wikis, and other social networking platforms have taken the world by a storm and are no longer a trivial phenomenon. SM has become a mainstream tool enabling people to connect, communicate, collaborate, producing new possibilities and challenges to facilitate easier, faster, and more widespread sharing of information through this energetic, and intricate information infrastructure. This paper reviews literature on business motives for social software adoption, the benefits, related issues and mitigation of the said issues. Further, it critically reviews SM literature and its effects on KM to better understand the effective usage and potential of related tools and how these enhance business environment and sharing knowledge. We explored the relationship between national culture and social media enabled KM.
Organizational Knowledge Management (KM) has been well realized over the past couple of decades a... more Organizational Knowledge Management (KM) has been well realized over the past couple of decades as an important part of leading enterprises. Besides, it is considered an integral component of a business organization. Globalization plays a significant role in how business is conducted leading to innovative technological trends. Social media (SM) tools such as blogs, wikis, and other social networking platforms have taken the world by a storm and are no longer a trivial phenomenon. SM has become a mainstream tool enabling people to connect, communicate, collaborate, producing new possibilities and challenges to facilitate easier, faster, and more widespread sharing of information through this energetic, and intricate information infrastructure. This paper reviews literature on business motives for social software adoption, the benefits, related issues and mitigation of the said issues. Further, it critically reviews SM literature and its effects on KM to better understand the effective usage and potential of related tools and how these enhance business environment and sharing knowledge. We explored the relationship between national culture and social media enabled KM.
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