Analysing the Stages of Knowledge Management in a Brazilian Project Management Office

Authors

  • Jeniffer De Nadae Ph.D. candidate at the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Brazil
  • Marly Monteiro de Carvalho University of São Paulo Brazil
  • Darli Rodrigues Vieira Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) Canada

Keywords:

knowledge management, knowledge dissemination, SECI model, PMO, case study

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze and identify the stages of knowledge management, adopting the SECI model, in Project Management Office (PMO). Results from a case study conducted in a Brazilian company shows that the main difficulties encountered were associated with encouraging employees to share their tacit knowledge when asked to assist in project development. Organizational culture presented itself as a major factor influencing this process of knowledge sharing among the employees in the company that was studied.

Author Biographies

  • Jeniffer De Nadae, Ph.D. candidate at the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Brazil

    Jeniffer De Nadae is a Ph.D. candidate at Production engineering department, University of São Paulo, Brazil. Master in Science (M.Sc.) in Production engineering.

  • Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, University of São Paulo Brazil

    Marly Monteiro de Carvalho is an associate professor in production engineering at University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. She is the coordinator of Project Management Lab. (http://www.pro.poli.usp.br/lgp) and the coordinator of QEP-Quality and Product Engineering research group of CNPq (National Counsel of Technological and Scientific Development). She is encharge of the master in Project Management of USP/FCAV. She holds production engineering degree at University of São Paulo, M.Sc. and Ph.D in the same area at Federal University of Santa Catarina, and post doctoral programme at Polytechnic of Milan. Her research interests include project management, innovation strategy, quality management and competitive strategy. She has published 10 books and a number of articles within the same areas.The books were published in Brazil (Innovation: Strategy and Knowledge Communities, Building skills to manage projects, Project Management in Practice I and II, Quality Management, Strategies for competitiveness, among others) and in the USA (Strategic Alignment Process and Decision Support Systems: Theory and Case Studies). She is also member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, available in the Emerald database.

  • Darli Rodrigues Vieira, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) Canada

    Darli Rodrigues Vieira is professor in Project Management. Holds the research chair in Management of Aeronautical Projects – Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada.

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2022-05-20

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Analysing the Stages of Knowledge Management in a Brazilian Project Management Office. (2022). The Journal of Modern Project Management, 3(1), 119. https://journalmodernpm.com/manuscript/index.php/jmpm/article/view/182

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