The Innovation Shift in Higher Education: Human Resource Practices and Knowledge Management

✍ Scribed by Aftab Ara, Kishore Kumar Das

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 206
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides evidence as to how human resources management practices influence the knowledge management processes and the influence of knowledge management processes on innovation in higher educational institutes.

The book suggests means to reinforce the human resource management practices and knowledge management processes in encouraging the innovativeness in Higher Education. The knowledge management-based innovation model developed which can be directly applied in the higher educational institutes.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Evolution of Education in India
1.2 Why Is It Time Now for Higher Education to Transform?
1.3 Higher Education Today Is Facing Unprecedented Challenges
1.4 Significance of This Book
1.5 Problem Statement
1.6 The Body Behind the Education System
1.7 Research Questions
1.8 Objectives of the Research
References
2 Insights About Human Resource Practices, Knowledge Management Practices, and Innovation
2.1 Overview
2.1.1 Recruitment
2.1.2 Compensation and Reward
2.1.3 Performance Appraisal
2.1.4 Teamwork
2.1.5 Training and Development
2.2 KM Processes
2.2.1 Knowledge Diagnosing
2.2.2 Knowledge Acquisition
2.2.3 Knowledge Generation
2.2.4 Knowledge Sharing
2.2.5 Knowledge Storing
2.2.6 Knowledge Application
2.3 Innovation in Higher Education
2.3.1 Product Innovation
2.3.2 Process Innovation
2.3.3 Organizational Innovation
2.4 Literature Review Summary and the Research Gap
2.5 Summary
References
3 The Link Between Human Resource Practices, Knowledge Management Practices, and Innovation
3.1 Conceptual Model and Hypotheses
3.1.1 Overview
3.1.2 Antecedents of Innovation in Higher Education
3.1.3 The Conceptual Model
3.1.4 The Link Between HR Practices and KM Processes
3.1.5 The Link Between KM Processes and Innovation
3.2 Summary
References
4 Analysis of Results, Discussions, and Implications
4.1 A Brief Overview of the Methodology of the Study
4.1.1 Analysis of Results, Discussions, and Implications
4.1.2 Indication of Demographics of the Respondents
4.1.3 Skewness and Kurtosis
4.1.4 Overall Perceptions of the Three Dimensions of Study
4.1.4.1 Human Resource Practice (HRP)
4.1.4.2 Compensations and Rewards (CMR)
4.1.4.3 Performance Appraisal (PRA)
4.1.4.4 Teamwork (TMW)
4.1.4.5 Training and Development (TRD)
4.1.4.6 Knowledge Management Practice
4.1.4.7 Innovation
4.1.5 Comparative Analysis of the Three Dimensions
4.1.5.1 Comparative Analysis of Human Resources Practices (HRP)
4.1.5.2 Comparative Analysis Knowledge Management Practices (KMP)
4.1.5.3 Comparative Analysis Innovation (INN)
4.1.5.4 Inter-Cadre Comparisons
4.1.5.5 Cadre-Wise Perception of Human Resources Practices (HRP)
4.1.5.6 Cadre-Wise Perception of the Knowledge Management Processes (KMP)
4.1.5.7 Cadre-Wise Perception of Innovation
4.1.6 Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
4.1.7 Hypothesis Testing
4.1.7.1 Influence of HRP Dimensions on KMP
4.1.7.2 Influence of KMP on Dimensions of INN
4.1.7.3 Influence of KMP Dimensions on OGI
4.1.8 Structural Model
4.2 Summary
References
5 Suggestions and Recommendations for Higher Education
5.1 Overview
5.2 Research Findings
5.3 Suggestions and Recommendations
References
6 Knowledge Management Innovation Model for Higher Education
6.1 KM-Based Innovation Model for Higher Education
6.2 Human Resource Management Processes (HRP)
6.3 Knowledge Management Processes
6.4 Limitations of the Study and Scope for Future Work
6.5 Conclusions
References
Appendix A: Questionnaire Before Factor Reduction
Appendix B: Questionnaire After Factor Reduction