Analysis of knowledge management readiness in government institution

Abstract

To ensure Knowledge Management (KM) will be successfully implemented into organization, the capability or readiness of an organization or KM readiness must be identified at first. The studies about KM readiness in many types of organization have been done by some researchers. However, it is lack focus on government sector. This research attempted to focus on government institution to look for the differences with other types of organization. This research referred to Knowledge Management Critical Success Factor (KMCSF) and selected Underground Mine Training Center, The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Indonesia as research object. As the result, The Underground Mine Training Center still has several dimensions that have not reached 40% presentation. The dimensions are organizational initiatives to implement knowledge management (37.33%), learning (39.22%), and physical environment (17.56%).