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levant knowledge management approaches in the civil engineering
research organizations and short overview of current situation in selected
Slovenian public research organizations
Petra Horvat 1, Andraž Legat 1,2, Andreja Kutnar 2,3
1. Slovenian national building and civil engineering institute, Dimičeva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, petra.horvat@zag.si
2. University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper
3. InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6, 6310 Izola
Knowledge management (KM) was developed in the 1950s in private companies and in recent years also
research organizations started to use this approach, considering knowledge as a valuable asset (Nonaka,
2007; Nonaka and Takeuchi, 2020; North and Kumta, 2018). Civil engineering (CE) is one of the oldest
engineering disciplines and includes a broad range of different disciplines, e.g., mathematics, physics,
chemistry, material science, and others. Due to the progress in all involved disciplines knowledge base of
CE is rapidly changing and increasing. Therefore, KM practices that are systematic, modern and tailored
to the specific needs of the field are needed.
In this presentation, a literature review of relevant approaches to KM with the aim to assure sustainability
of the obtained knowledge, to keep track of the acquired knowledge, to ensure its transfer, and to identify
knowledge gaps and ways to fill them will be presented. Special emphasis will be given to KM practices
in CE and the life cycle of knowledge. Additionally, current approaches to KM in selected Slovenian
public research organizations (PRO) will be discussed based on the content analysis of their 2019 and
2020 annual report. The Slovenian PRO were selected by comparing: 1) the research fields that they are
registered for at the Slovenian Research Agency (SRA), 2) the number of employees and 3) the number of
researchers registered at the SRA. The analysis included No. of national and international research grants,
No. of publications relative to No. of a) researchers, b) PhD students (“young researchers” supported by
SRA), c) PhD graduates, and composition of their annual funds.
Keywords: sustainability of knowledge, civil engineering, public research organizations, content analysis
References
Nonaka, I., 2007. The Knowledge-Creating Company, Harvard Business Review. Harvard Buisness School Publishing
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nonaka, I., Takeuchi, H., 2020. The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation. Oxford University
Press.
North, K., Kumta, G., 2018. Knowledge Management: Value Creation Through Organizational Learning, Second edi.
ed. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59978-6
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research organizations and short overview of current situation in selected
Slovenian public research organizations
Petra Horvat 1, Andraž Legat 1,2, Andreja Kutnar 2,3
1. Slovenian national building and civil engineering institute, Dimičeva ulica 12, 1000 Ljubljana, petra.horvat@zag.si
2. University of Primorska, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, Glagoljaška 8, 6000 Koper
3. InnoRenew CoE, Livade 6, 6310 Izola
Knowledge management (KM) was developed in the 1950s in private companies and in recent years also
research organizations started to use this approach, considering knowledge as a valuable asset (Nonaka,
2007; Nonaka and Takeuchi, 2020; North and Kumta, 2018). Civil engineering (CE) is one of the oldest
engineering disciplines and includes a broad range of different disciplines, e.g., mathematics, physics,
chemistry, material science, and others. Due to the progress in all involved disciplines knowledge base of
CE is rapidly changing and increasing. Therefore, KM practices that are systematic, modern and tailored
to the specific needs of the field are needed.
In this presentation, a literature review of relevant approaches to KM with the aim to assure sustainability
of the obtained knowledge, to keep track of the acquired knowledge, to ensure its transfer, and to identify
knowledge gaps and ways to fill them will be presented. Special emphasis will be given to KM practices
in CE and the life cycle of knowledge. Additionally, current approaches to KM in selected Slovenian
public research organizations (PRO) will be discussed based on the content analysis of their 2019 and
2020 annual report. The Slovenian PRO were selected by comparing: 1) the research fields that they are
registered for at the Slovenian Research Agency (SRA), 2) the number of employees and 3) the number of
researchers registered at the SRA. The analysis included No. of national and international research grants,
No. of publications relative to No. of a) researchers, b) PhD students (“young researchers” supported by
SRA), c) PhD graduates, and composition of their annual funds.
Keywords: sustainability of knowledge, civil engineering, public research organizations, content analysis
References
Nonaka, I., 2007. The Knowledge-Creating Company, Harvard Business Review. Harvard Buisness School Publishing
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
Nonaka, I., Takeuchi, H., 2020. The Wise Company: How Companies Create Continuous Innovation. Oxford University
Press.
North, K., Kumta, G., 2018. Knowledge Management: Value Creation Through Organizational Learning, Second edi.
ed. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59978-6
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