The Moderating Effect Of Job Placement On The Relationship Between Knowledge Management And Effective Decision Making In Public Sector Organizations

The importance of knowledge management in improving the operations of organizations in both the public and private sectors alike cannot be underpinned because the management of those organizations rest in the hands of people who are knowledgeable enough to deliver. In other words, effective and efficient management of organizations depends on how well the knowledge of people is managed. Poor knowledge management (KM) practices might lead to high costs of alternatives and invariably poor decisions. The need therefore for a moderating variable      “Job Placement” to moderate the relationship between knowledge management and effective decisions becomes necessary and may add value to the work of public servants and public service at large. Towards the end of the paper, a conceptual model depicting the moderating effect of job placement on the relationships between knowledge management and effective decision making will be presented.