Barriers of Knowledge Management (KM) Implementation in the Organizations of Bangladesh

Abstract

Knowledge management (KM) is essential for an organization to become successful in the market place. In recent economic era an organization survives in the competition through utilizing its knowledge resources effectively. Better understanding of the knowledge management implementation barriers will help organization to be well prepared in analyzing the obstacles before formulating the strategy for implementing KM. This study was initiated to identify the barriers of KM implementation in the Bangladeshi organizations. A list of barriers were identified through literature review. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaire survey among the top and mid level managers of the organizations. Exploratory factor analysis was performed to categorize these barriers. There are four kinds of barriers perceived by the respondents as KM strategy, human, organizational, and training. ANOVA with post hoc tests revealed that significant differences exist among the organizations in perceived barriers in terms of ownership structure and size of the organizations.