Enhancing Knowledge Acquisition in Pharmaceutical Organisations based in Pakistan

DOI

10.2991/itmr.2016.6.1.1How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Absorptive Capacity; Common and Conflicting Roles; Decision Makers; Knowledge Management.

Abstract

Absorptive Capacity (ACAP) depicts the sequential order of activities connecting externally generated knowledge into an organisation; this involves a company’s ability to acquire new knowledge from an external source, assimilate and transform it, and eventually exploit it via its industrial processes and products/services. The sandwiched role of middle managers, being interlinked between decision makers and employees, has been argued as vital to organisational success. However, their role is often viewed as having conflicts astride management i.e. between employees and decision makers. This study, using a thematic analysis approach, explores and identifies the common and conflicting role of middle managers, as viewed by different respondents in organisational hierarchies. Results, based on a sample of 33 employees operating in the Pakistan Pharmaceutical sector, indicate that conflicting roles of middle managers also persist with more common roles in organisations.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Muhammad Rafique
AU  - Richard David Evans
AU  - Rozina Khaliq
AU  - Tayyaba Hamid
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/02/29
TI  - Enhancing Knowledge Acquisition in Pharmaceutical Organisations based in Pakistan
JO  - The International Technology Management Review
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
VL  - 6
IS  - 1
SN  - 1835-5269
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itmr.2016.6.1.1
DO  - 10.2991/itmr.2016.6.1.1
ID  - Rafique2016
ER  -