The Role of HR in organizational Culture and Knowledge Management

The study examines the relationship between knowledge management and organizational culture and how this relationship determines the role and expectations of the HR function in driving knowledge management in an organization.Using the perspective that knowledgeresides in individuals and is socially constructed, and with data from four organizations in Ghana, the study reviewed four different types of organizational culture namely adhocracy, hierarchy, market and clan and concludes that knowledge management initiatives of organizations are shaped by their organizational culture characteristics and this determines the role of HR in driving knowledge management in such organizations.

Keywords: knowledge management, knowledge, organizational culture, HR.