The Role of the Teamwork in Developing the Knowledge Capital of Business Organizations

Authors

  • Hussein Waleed Hussein doctor of busseins adminstration
  • Hatem Ali Ramadhan Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Republic of Iraq
  • Ahmed Ghazi Mahdi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Republic of Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.Vol2.Iss1.49

Keywords:

Teamwork, Knowledge Capital, Human Resources, Senior Management, Organization.

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to identify the role played by the teamwork in enhancing the knowledge capital of the work organizations. Depending on the teamwork, the coordination and cooperation between the human resources working in the organization will be strengthened. This will be reflected in the exchange of knowledge and the sharing of information among them. So, the problem of the study indicates that there is a clear shortage in the employment of the activation of the teamwork in the enhancement of knowledge capital. Accordingly, the significance of this research tries to present a set of proposals that will address the problems in the organization in question.  The researchers chose Uruk university as the field of application, and they adopted the questionnaire as the main tool for data collection , which is relied on the basis of a number of ready-made measurements, and perform tests of trust and constancy for a sample which consists of (49) teachers that represent (19%) of the entire number of teachers in the university mentioned above.

         The statistical program (SPSS. V20) was adopted in accessing and analyzing  the data of the study. These courses produced a set of results confirming the validity of the hypotheses that emerged from the research, which indicate the existence of correlation and statistical significance between the variables investigated. Therefore , the researchers view that it is necessary to recommend to activate the role of teamwork in these organizations and employ their results in enhancing the knowledge capital.

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Published

2019-03-30

How to Cite

Hussein, H. W., Ramadhan, H. A., & Mahdi, A. G. (2019). The Role of the Teamwork in Developing the Knowledge Capital of Business Organizations. American Journal of Economics and Business Management, 2(1), 79–93. https://doi.org/10.31150/ajebm.Vol2.Iss1.49

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