Research Paper
Year: 2021 | Month: July | Volume: 8 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 169-175
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20210723
The Effect of Knowledge Management Implementation on the Organizational Performance through Learning Organization at PT Inalum (Persero)
Aghnia Pangeran Siregar1, Nazaruddin2, Rulianda Purnomo Wibowo2
1,2Master of Management Study Program on Postgraduate School of University of Sumatera Utara
Corresponding Author: Aghnia Pangeran Siregar
ABSTRACT
PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Persero) or Inalum is a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) which is a pioneer company and the only one in Indonesia engaged in the production of Primary Aluminium (ingots, billets and alloys). Currently, Inalum is faced with problems with 42.39% of employees having period of employment less than 5 years in 2018. Conditions of productivity performance also declined from 2014 which was 135.35 tons of aluminium per employee per year to 117.67 tons of aluminium per employee per year in 2018. This becomes basic policy to implement knowledge management and learning organizations within the company. The purpose of this research is to find out and analyze the effect of knowledge management with the focus of tacit knowledge on organizational performance through learning organizations. The independent variable in this study is tacit knowledge management, the dependent variable is organizational performance, and the intervening variable is the learning organization. Data collection using a questionnaire with a total sample of 100 respondents. This research uses SEM analysis method which has previously been tested for validity and reliability. The results of this study indicate that tacit knowledge management has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance, tacit knowledge management has a positive and significant effect on learning organizations, learning organization has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance and tacit knowledge management has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance through learning organizations.
Keywords: Knowledge Management, Tacit Knowledge Management, Learning Organization, and Organizational Performance.
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