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Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Decision Making and Situation Analysis

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Knowledge Management in Organizations (KMO 2015)

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The research discusses the role on knowledge management on improved decision making skills of the managers and the business. Knowledge is considered as power and the present century has also been coined as the century of knowledge, all great nations are striving to develop a knowledge economy, these proves that knowledge management be a vital for organizations too. Access to knowledge at the right time is critical, it can help the managers make the right decision promptly and swiftly, especially when there is a lot of unneeded data or information overload.

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    Taher ALBraik ALAmeri

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ALAmeri, T.A. (2015). Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Decision Making and Situation Analysis. In: Uden, L., Heričko, M., Ting, IH. (eds) Knowledge Management in Organizations. KMO 2015. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 224. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21009-4_11

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