Knowledge management in the Faculty of Economic Sciences – Regional Headquarters Itapua, Paraguay

Abstract

This work arises from the necessity to explain the implicit knowledge of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, using the intellectual patrimony to create differentiation and sustainable competitive advantages.  It is evident that its implementation would not be viable if there were not a deep cultural change that generates a solid commitment of the officers as to innovation, quality, service values and continuous learning.  In this work the essential elements are approached for the management of knowledge from different points of view, following the pattern of "conversion" of implicit knowledge to explicit knowledge, taking into account four focuses:   • Initiatives in the access and diffusion of information dimension.  • Initiatives for teaching and learning management.  • Initiatives in government and management dimension.  • Initiatives for strategic management.  The production and application of documents has been achieved (manuals and others) for the institutional, organizational and functional knowledge development of the Faculty’s action plans.  Maybe one of the most outstanding aspects in this work is that, when converting implicit knowledge into explicit, the Faculty assumes a new role: manage it, administrate it and generate it.  This role has as its objective to give solutions to the new complex context situations from an integrative and dynamic perspective.  With it one is trying to articulate the Faculty with society, the economy and the State.