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Application and Benefits of Knowledge Management (KM) by Teachers in Nigeria |
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PP: 153-165 |
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Ogagaoghene Uzezi IDHALAMA,
Prisca IheomaNWACHUKWU,
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Abstract |
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| This paper investigated the application and benefits of knowledge management by teachers in Nigeria. A number of objectives were formulated for the study in order to determine the level of application of knowledge management by experienced and less experienced teachers in secondary schools in Nigeria, the benefits of application of knowledge management by teachers, factors militating against the application of knowledge management by teachers in Nigeria. A structured questionnaire survey was used as instrument for data collection. The questionnaire consisted of four sections. The population comprised 283 teachers. The sample of the study was the 283 (census sampling) and 244 returned copies were fit for analysis. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The major findings of this research are: The level of application of knowledge management by experienced and less experienced teachers in secondary schools in Nigeria is high,, teachers agreed to all benefits listed in the questionnaire. The study identified the following militating factors against the application of knowledge management by teachers in secondary schools: improper selection of knowledge management team to lack of budget for knowledge management project among others. Finally, the level of application of knowledge management by experienced and less experienced teachers in secondary schools does not differ significantly based on their work experience. It was concluded that the deliberate introduction of knowledge management in all categories of schools is very important. To this very end, it was recommended that School authorities should have an open door policy of knowledge management in order to boost the level of knowledge sharing and knowledge sharing behaviour among other recommendations. |
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