A review of case studies of knowledge management at four leading colombian organizations in market penetrationEstudos de caso sobre a gestão do conhecimento em quatro organizações colombianas líderes em penetração de mercado

Abstract

This article discusses several case studies of knowledge management and shows that there is a high degree of consistency between this concept and the organizational approach to knowledge management. It also demonstrates, however, that there is a significant difference in the relevance given to the constituent variables of management at each organization. This is a very important aspect to consider in designing, implementing. and evaluating any program in this field. These results were obtained from an investigation conducted in two phases. The first phase deals with a theoretical review of the concept of and approaches to knowledge management, and the second phase is related to the work in the field, which involved interviewing ten managers and conducting surveys among 525 individuáis from four leading organizations in market share penetration in the manufacturing and service sectors based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Este artículo sobre estudios de caso muestra que existe un alto grado de coincidencia entre el concepto y el enfoque que tienen las organizaciones sobre la gestión del conocimiento, pero que hay diferencia en la importancia que cada organización da a cada una de las variables constitutivas de esa gestión. Estos resultados se obtuvieron de una investigación realizada en dos fases: una de revisión teórica, relacionada con el concepto y los enfoques de gestión del conocimiento y otra de trabajo de campo, a partir de entrevistas a diez directivos y encuestas a 525 personas de cuatro organizaciones localizadas en la ciudad de Bogotá (Colombia) líderes en penetración del mercado de los sectores manufacturero y de servicios.