Practices And Challenges Of Knowledge Sharing In Hope University College

The purpose of this study was to assess the practices and challenges of knowledge sharing in HopernUniversity College. Descriptive survey research design was used in this study. Primary source ofrndata was collected through questionnaires and semi structured interviews. Secondary source of datarnwas gathered from previous research works and documents of the organization. Stratified and simplernrandom sampling techniques were used for the questionnaire, while purposive sampling techniquernwas employed for the interview. The researcher used a standardized questionnaire developed byrnKruger (Kruger, 2005). SPSS–version 24 to organize and analyze the data captured from thernrespondents. Descriptive statistics was used to explain the current knowledge practice in thernorganization. The researcher used inferential statistics such as correlation analysis to explain thernrelationship between the four factors of knowledge sharing. Whereas, multiple regression wasrnemployed to identify the most influential predictors. One of the major findings revealed by this studyrnwas that Hope University College has poor organizational culture and doesn’t encourage itsrnmembers to exercise knowledge sharing though it has good technological infrastructure and suitablernoffice layout. The researcher concluded that Hope University College has low or inefficientrnknowledge sharing practices and having no written policy and strategy was one of the major reasonsrnfor this. In view of this conclusion, the researcher recommended that The Ministry of Science andrnHigher Education should produce policy and strategy document on knowledge sharing whereas thernmanagement of Hope University College should link knowledge sharing activities with eachrnemployee’s appraisal and include it in their job description

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