Knowledge Management and Its Relationship With Organizational Maturity Processes: An Approach on Project Management

Abstract

In a business context characterized by constant change, companies highlight management models focused on the growth of people and, derived from this, on the generation and proper management of knowledge. In this sense, business leaders have understood that the adoption of good management practices within companies is an incremental process, framed in time and backed by the ability to learn their employees have. Therefore, business maturity could be understood as a constant process of transformation, in which the knowledge that resides in the workers is the main piece to reach an optimum level of excellence. The research work aims to highlight the importance of knowledge management models in organizational maturity processes, specifically with respect to the cycle of adoption of good project management practices. This study is supported by a thorough bibliographic review that allows us to contrast organizational learning capacity with the ability to adopt good practices.

Key Terms in this Chapter

Correlation: Statistical technique used to determine the relationship between two or more variables. They take a value between 0 and 1.

Project Management: This chapter takes the definition of the Project Management Institute, which is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities.

Sustainability: It refers to the capacity of a society and of nations to implement strategies that allow satisfying the necessities of humanity today, compromising neither resources nor the development of future generations.

Maturity: Stage of a life cycle in which full development has been reached.