Competitive advantage does not depend solely on the creation and storage of existing and new knowledge. Rather, it requires sustained exploitation and production. The challenge becomes driven towards maintaining some mechanisms to help in producing new, and sharing existing knowledge. Harnessing the power of managing and sharing knowledge enabled companies like Apple and IBM to gain competitive advantage over their competitors. While such challenges have been closely examined in the extant literature, the context of knowledge management and sharing in higher education institutions (HEI) has only been lightly considered. However, considering the highly unique features of HEIs context in terms of autonomy, climate, distinct leadership and role of academics as knowledge workers, it can be argued that examining knowledge-sharing in the context of higher education is greatly needed. The literature has shown fragmented nature of examining academics' KS determinants in contemporary research. Thus, the need to comprehensively examine those influencers is essential. This thesis seeks to address the research gaps and contribute to the literature by asking What antecedents influence the process of knowledge-sharing (KS) between academics in HEIs, and how can the process of KS in HEIs be improved? Through the use of a quantitative research methodology, the research has developed eleven hypotheses to investigate the above-mentioned question. The findings in this study revealed to a very great extent that academics themselves can contribute towards influencing knowledge production and management, and determine the levels to which the universities will be able to share knowledge internally. The research reveals that organizational factors (affiliation, innovativeness, fairness represented by organizational climate and HEI leadership) were stronger predictors of academics' knowledge-sharing than individual (perceived loss of knowledge power, knowledge self-efficacy, perceived reciprocal benefits and trust) or technological ones.

Although there are numerous instruments available for assessing classroom learning environments at the tertiary level, no instrument has been specifically designed and validated for measuring the business management education learning environment (Brennan & Ahmad, 2005). My aims were (1) to design, develop and validate an instrument, the Business Management Education Learning Environment Inventory (BMELEI), for assessing business management students’ perceptions of the psychosocial learning environments of university seminars and tutorials and (2) to relate learning environment to attitudes towards the subject and attitudes towards the case study teaching strategy. This study is distinctive in that it involved both quantitative and qualitative methods. The BMELEI and two attitude scales were administered to 480 final-year undergraduate and postgraduate business studies students in 30 classes at both Curtin University of Technology and Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia. The qualitative component of the study involved semi-structured interviews with 42 randomly-selected participants from the above universities. Factor analysis supported a six-factor structure (Student Cohesiveness, Teacher Support, Involvement, Task Orientation, Cooperation and Equity) with scale alpha reliabilities ranging from 0.78 to 0.90 for the actual form and from 0.80 to 0.92 for the preferred form using the individual as unit of analysis. Students’ attitudes were found to be positively associated with classroom learning environment. / Also differences were found between students’ perceptions of the actual and preferred classroom environment, and between male and female students’ perceptions of the actual and preferred classroom environment. Findings suggested that students preferred a more positive and favourable classroom learning environment than they perceived as being actually present.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-194).

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Uppsala universitet, 2005. / Härtill 5 uppsatser.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on January 3, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (PhD (Information technology))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 236-242)

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers Colloge, Columbia University, 1992. / Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Jack Mezirow. Dissertation Committee: Elizabeth Kassl. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 338-355).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Management, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on July 20, 2009) Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-145). Also issued in print.

Thesis (M.C.S.)--Carleton University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-144). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

QUIRINO, Raimunda Heveline Ribeiro. Gestão da aprendizagem no ensino a distância em instituição de ensino superior sob a ótica dos fatores críticos de sucesso. 2017. 96f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Políticas Públicas e Gestão da Educação Superior, Fortaleza (CE), 2017. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2017-11-01T18:34:24Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_rhrquirino.pdf: 1895538 bytes, checksum: 7b8015cfebf987b227a7e07c46940065 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-11-03T10:26:32Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_rhrquirino.pdf: 1895538 bytes, checksum: 7b8015cfebf987b227a7e07c46940065 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-11-03T10:26:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_dis_rhrquirino.pdf: 1895538 bytes, checksum: 7b8015cfebf987b227a7e07c46940065 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / This work aims to identify the Critical Success Factors (FCS) of the learning management of undergraduate distance courses of UFC Virtual in the view of its main actors and subjects, that is, academic managers, students and teachers / tutors. It covers as theoretical foundation conceptual aspects about learning management, but also presents the scenario of EaD in Brazil and the public policies of education emphasizing the program of the Open University of Brazil (UAB). It is characterized as a quantitative research that focuses on objectivity. It uses mathematical language to describe the causes of a phenomenon, using structured procedures and formal instruments for data collection. The locus of the research was the poles of the Instituto UFCVirtual. A survey was carried out with the main characteristic being the application of an online questioning with closed questions, direct with the people relevant to the research. The universe was composed by managers of courses, tutors and students of the poles (Fortaleza, Caucaia, Russas and Quixadá) enrolled in the last semesters of the courses. These questions are distributed in the dimensions of upper level learning management in distance learning, according to Roesler and Sartori (2005) model, which are: Pedagogical design, production of didactic material, tutoring system and academic secretariat The data were analyzed using the method of Ordinal scale through statistical data. Ten items were identified as FCS after a careful survey of the responses. From the consultation between academic managers, tutors and students, the items of each dimension of the Sartori and Roseler model (2005) on the structure of learning management were extracted, which stood out as the FCS based on the percentage of the relative frequency (Fr ) Are considered to be the most important to maintain success in the courses: (1) Campus has a support library with course material, (2) Meeting rooms are always clean, light and air-conditioned, (3) Equipment is in use condition during the course, (4) Virtual presence, (5) Coherence of theory and practice of the course chosen, (6) Distance learning class, (7) Acceptance of university by the job market, (8) Pole provides and enables access to the internet, (9) The form of assessment in the EaD, (10) Organization of the mentoring system with the course and the students to attend the learning process. It is concluded, therefore, that the general coordination of the courses in EaD needs to improve the conditions of work in the poles and to seek means of integration with the main subjects of the methodology in EaD. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo identificar os Fatores Críticos de Sucesso (FCS) da gestão da aprendizagem dos cursos de graduação a distância da UFC Virtual na visão de seus principais atores e sujeitos, ou seja, gestores acadêmicos, alunos e professores/tutores. Aborda como fundamentação teórica aspectos conceituais sobre gestão da aprendizagem, como também apresenta o cenário do EaD no Brasil e as políticas publicas da educação dando ênfase ao programa da Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB). Caracteriza-se como uma pesquisa quantitativa que se centra na objetividade. Recorre à linguagem matemática para descrever as causas de um fenômeno, utilizando procedimentos estruturados e instrumentos formais para coleta de dado. O lócus da pesquisa foram os pólos do Instituto UFCVirtual. Foi realizado um levantamento tendo como a principal característica a aplicação de um questionamento online com perguntas fechadas, direto com as pessoas relevantes para a pesquisa. O universo foi composto por gestores de cursos, tutores e alunos dos pólos (Fortaleza, Caucaia, Russas e Quixadá) matriculados nos últimos semestres dos cursos. Estas perguntas estão distribuídas nas dimensões da gestão da aprendizagem de curso superior em EaD, conforme modelo de Roesler e Sartori (2005), que são: Desenho pedagógico, produção de material didático, sistema tutoria e secretaria acadêmica Os dados foram analisados utilizando o método de escala ordinal através de dados estatísticos. Foram identificados 10 itens como FCS após o levantamento criterioso das respostas. A partir da consulta entre gestores acadêmicos, tutores e alunos extraíram-se os itens de cada dimensão do modelo de Sartori e Roseler (2005) sobre a estrutura da gestão da aprendizagem que se destacaram como os FCS com base na porcentagem da freqüência relativa (Fr) considerados como sendo os de maior importância para manter o bom êxito nos cursos, são: (1) Pólo dispõe de biblioteca de apoio com material do curso, (2) Salas para os encontros estão sempre limpas, iluminadas e climatizadas, (3) Equipamentos se encontram em condição de uso durante a disciplina, (4)A Presencialidade virtual, (5) Coerência da teoria e da prática do curso escolhido, (6) Aula totalmente à distância, (7) Aceitação da universidade pelo mercado de trabalho, (8) Pólo fornece e possibilita o acesso a internet, (9) A forma de avaliação no EaD, (10) Organização do sistema de tutoria com o curso e os alunos para atender o processo de aprendizagem. Conclui-se, portanto que a coordenação geral dos cursos em EaD precisa melhorar as condições de trabalho nos pólos e buscar meios de integração com os principais sujeitos da metodologia em EaD.