INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

Within the organizations, it is apparent that human resources are required to up-grade their knowledge, skills and abilities in order to carry out their job duties satisfactorily and achieve organizational and personal goals. When the human resources are to work on a project or they need to conduct presentations or they need to communicate with the clients in terms of products and services and so forth, they need to possess adequate knowledge. In order to up-grade one’s knowledge, it is vital for the individuals to make use of methods and approaches. Furthermore, maintaining connections and getting engaged in effective communication processes are also regarded as indispensable in up-grading one’s knowledge. When the human resource possess sufficient knowledge in terms of their job duties, job responsibilities and organization as a whole, they are able to benefit, achieve the desired goals and incur job satisfaction. The main areas that have been taken into account in this research paper are, significance of knowledge management, models of knowledge management cycle, factors stimulating knowledge management, knowledge management issues, and the contribution of human resources to knowledge management.

Keywords: Concepts; Human Resources; Knowledge Management; Methods; Models; Organization