INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND REGULATION OF THE CONSUMPTION OF MATERIALS IN THE ENGINEERING INDUSTRY

Abstract

In the emerging knowledge-based economy the experience and business practices shows that without an effective knowledge management system is impossible to ensure the success of modern organization in the fight for market position. That’s why, the issue of strategic planning of knowledge management in organizations, in particular, the problems of portfolio formation of knowledge management strategies are especially actual. The purpose of this paper is to provide the classification of knowledge management strategies based on generalization and systematization of existing researches and to develop recommendations on selection of knowledge management strategies for the formation of portfolio of knowledge management strategies in the organization. To generate optimal portfolio of knowledge management strategies in the organization primarily in the article is presented their overall classification structure by the following criteria: on the type of competitive advantage; by the sources of knowledge; by the directivity of the processes of knowledge transformation and their form; by the characteristics of organizational resources in the associations with partners; on the relation to the technology and personnel. For the selection of strategies to the portfolio of knowledge management strategies proposed to use of technological forecasting methods. Moreover for small organizations is recommended the method of morphological analysis based on the construction of two-factor matrix. For the large organizations is proposed to determine the strength of strategies by analyzing of cross-influence. Consequently, proposed in the article classification of knowledge management strategies takes into account all the specifics of creation of knowledge management systems in organizations and is aimed at the development of various types and forms of knowledge, their sources, processes related to their transformation in the organization. Moreover, the proposed methods of selection strategies can be applied for both large and small businesses.