Human Resource Management Innovation Based on the View of Knowledge
Management
Fei Guan
Department of Business Administration, Henan Institute of Engineering, ZhengZhou, China
E-mail: cariegf9998@yahoo.com.cn
Abstract: It's acknowledged that development of
human resource management innovation can be
facilitated by knowledge management. Therefore,
companies should understand the relationship
between knowledge management and human
resource management innovation and the
combination of two components which can
realize human capital value.
Key words: knowledge management; human
resource management innovation;
I. INTRODUCTION
Organizational human resource can be
called the labour resource or labor who has the
average physical and intelligent capability to
participate in normal operation of the
company.The available or predictable economic
resource can be thought of company assets,
which is consisted of the knowledge
management, capability management, technology
knowledge and technology development
capability. Once human resource has become
human capital, companies are meant to have the
basic condition for operation and the purpose is
to earn profit.
Ⅱ. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND
HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
1. Introduction of human capital management
Human capital management is not a totally
new system,but is composed of two analytical
dimensions which is the operation management
and economics based on the human resource
management.The key is to take the human capital
as the same to physical assets to invest and
manage.Moreover, according to the continuous
change of human capital market condition and
Return-on-Profit, human strategy can be changed
as well to gain the long-term return. Furthermore,
the key for human capital management is to
design a series of strategies to change the
human's knowledge,intellect, capability and
technology into competitive assets and thus, to
gain the good accounting performance.
2. Relationship between knowledge
management and human capital management
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2.1 Knowledge management and human
capital management are intrinsically unified.
In 1980s, the economist has presented the
theory of new economic growth based on view of
human beings as key endogenous factor, which
has emphasized that the economic growth is
realized by function of inner growth,such as the
knowledge spillover, human capital,R&D and
increasing returns.
2.2 Key content for knowledge
management is human capital management
Human beings are not only the subject
but also the carrier for the process of knowledge
innovation.Therefore, the motive power for
innovation and development of the company and
employees' great potential can be failed without
the scientific human capital management[1].
2.3 Knowledge management provides the
theoretical foundation for human capital
management
Knowledge management serves as the bridge
and bond in linking the organization
development strategy and human resource
strategy, which is executed to make the human
resource strategy in compliance with corporate
strategy[2].The relationship between corporate
strategy, knowledge management and the human
resource strategy can be seen in the appendix
table1.
2.4 Knowledge management can ensure the
standardization and scientification of the
process of human capital management
The whole human capital management
process can be explained by the following
process, which is to clear the company strategy,
define the human capital range, human resource
demand analysis, current human resource
analysis, human deployment and strategies for
human planning[3].We can clearly see from the
process that the company strategy is not only the
starting but also the ending point. Therefore, to
ensure the standardization and formalization, the
basic theory of knowledge management must be
introduced.
2.5 Knowledge management can help the
knowledge sharing in human resource
management
The process of knowledge sharing can be
affected due to high concealment and dispersity
character of knowledge.In addition, because of
the high uncertainty of unjust distribution in the
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process of knowledge innovation, employees
often monopolize the unique knowledge to gain
the competitive advantage over others,which
results in the low efficiency of knowledge
utilization. Therefore, the application of
knowledge management can be taken as the
bridge linking the knowledge possess and
knowledge application, which can help the
mediation of knowledge transfer and improve the
efficiency of knowledge sharing. The relationship
between knowledge management and human
capital management can be seen in the appendix
table 2.
2.6 Knowledge management can help create
knowledgeable culture atmosphere.
The knowledgeable culture must be
constructed in human capital management
innovation, which is formed according to the
requirement of knowledge management and play
the role in communication and motivation of the
human capital management.The people first
culture emphasizes human dignity and employee
requirement.
Ⅲ. APPROACH FOR THE COMBINATION
OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
To define the core value by theory of knowledge
management
The core value of the company is the
common belief shared by total employees in
operation process,which is not only the important
part of company psychology but also principles
to deal with internal and external conflicts.With
the improved status of human strategy, it's
acknowledged that top management will not
ignore effects of value conflicts between
employees and comany, which also has proposed
the new requirement of human system and
innovation[4].
1. Employee value should be fully aware of
The employee value has been changing
over time.With the development of market
economy, employees in different position would
have different value. For example, employees in
management position will think of being
promoted one day except for meeting the basic
living demand and security.
However,knowledgeable employees care much
about how to apply their innovative aspirations to
the real operation process and gain more material
benefit.
2. To complete human capital motivation system
is beneficial for knowledge management
3.1 Performance motivation
Performance motivation is the
comprehensive profit for human capital,
including the linked revenue and efficiency and
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relative position,honour and status.Therefore,
companies should actively explore the
distribution principle based on production factors.
In addition, standard for knowledge participation
into the distribution should be in accordance with
the market change[5].
3.2 Emotional motivation
To sustain the competitive advantage,it's
important for companies to apply humanity
strategy, which emphasizes the job commitment,
job involvement ,attitude and communication
skills. It's also the market requirement to
strengthen emotional motivation.
3.3 Learning mechanism improvement
The increase value in human capital results
from the organization learning and
innovation.Therefore, the establishment of
inner and external experience learning
mechanism and the transfer of individual
learning to the organizational learning is very
important to realize the increase value of human
capital.The relationship between the leaning
mechanism, human capital and knowledge
management is indicated in the Appendix table 3.
3.4 shape the knowledge management culture
Knowledge management culture is not only
the comprehensive indication of knowledge
innovation, knowledge sharing, teamwork,
mutual reliance and humanity principle but also
the key part to realize the human capital
innovation.Therefore, important factor for
human capital innovation is to form the belief of
humanity principle, knowledge respect and to
make knowledge manage culture, thereby to
speed up the pace of human capital innovation.
Ⅳ. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This article is sponsored by the youth
development fund from Henan Institute of
Engineering.
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