INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF STATE CORPORATIONS IN MOMBASA COUNTY

Abstract

The study set to establish the influence of strategic knowledge management on organizational 
performance of state corporations in Mombasa County. The study was guided by both general 
and specific objective as follows: to determine the effect of strategic knowledge creation on 
organizational performance of state corporations in Mombasa County; to investigate the effect of 
strategic knowledge distribution on organizational performance of state corporations in 
Mombasa County; to evaluate the effect of strategic knowledge interpretation on organizational 
performance of state corporations in Mombasa County and to determine the effect of strategic 
knowledge implementation on organizational performance of state corporations in Mombasa 
County. To strengthen the conceptual framework, the study used the following theories: 
Resource based view theory; Knowledge based view theory and Strategic learning theory. The 
study target population was219 and sample size was141.This study adopted a cross-sectional 
research design. A modified Likert scale questionnaire was developed and divided into three 
parts. A pilot study was carried out to refine the instrument. The quality and consistency of the 
study will be further assessed using Cronbach's alpha. Data analysis was performed on a 
computer using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS Version 25) for Windows. Data was
presented in form of means, standard deviation, percentages and tables. The study results showed 
that there was a positive correlation between the independent variables and the dependent 
variable organizational performance of state corporations in Mombasa County. From the 
regression results the study showed that three variables namely strategic knowledge creation, 
strategic knowledge interpretation and strategic knowledge implementation have a significant 
influence on organizational performance of state corporations in Mombasa County whereas the 
objective strategic knowledge distribution does not have an effect on organizational performance 
of state corporations in Mombasa County. The study concluded that strategic knowledge 
creation, strategic knowledge interpretation and strategic knowledge implementation have an 
effect on organizational performance of state corporations in Mombasa County. The study 
further, recommended that: The state corporations in Mombasa County to develop and adopt 
more solid knowledge acquisition initiatives. This would by far impact on human capital
development in the organizations what further enhance the organizational performance; the state 
corporations in Mombasa County to consider doing knowledge mapping and to introduce crossfunctional working relations between the employees of the organization to ensure knowledge 
acquired is converted and put into proper use; that state corporations in Mombasa County to 
consider introducing more formal channels of knowledge sharing within the organization and across the departments such that the employees are able to freely use both new and existing 
knowledge to solve new or existing problems in the organization.