Critical Success Factors and Knowledge Management Process in Indian Nationalised Bank

Abstract

Knowledge management is now becoming the driving force for the success of any business. This paper presents the framework for understanding the critical success factor that impact the execution of knowledge management in a bank. We had entered the era where future will depend on the creation, acquisition, integration and application of knowledge at right time to innovate and take competitive edge. Knowledge can be used as asset, resource or strategy. The motivation of this study is to identify the impact of critical success factors on knowledge management process in Indian nationalised banks. The construct identified as critical success factors such as information technologies, leadership in knowledge management, knowledge management culture, and measurement of knowledge management were tested using structural equation model. 236 response were collected from the respondent employed in Indian nationalised bank in Gorakhpur with the help of questionnaire as a data gathering instrument. The finding of the study reveals that all the critical success factors used in the proposed model significantly influence the knowledge management process. Leadership in knowledge management is identified as most important predictor among the critical success factor.