Within agricultural systems and rural advisory and extension services, knowledge is critical for innovative development. While some people are generally quite good at knowledge generation, knowing how to manage knowledge is just as important as generating it.
In a recently published journal article in the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, authors Kevan Lamm, Alexa Lamm, Kristin Davis, Catherine Sanders, and Alyssa Powell develop and test a scale to determine extension systems’ capacity to manage knowledge which can help facilitate development via social interactions between extension professionals and producers across the globe.
The implications of the study helps conceptualize dimensions of knowledge management capacity to help extension professionals evaluate their ability to manage knowledge to meet the complex needs of their clients, to identify and use acquired knowledge, and develop new opportunities for people to lead productive lives.
While other studies have analyzed knowledge management capacities within international extension networks, the current study advances research by helping identify discrete, quantified perceptions of knowledge management capacity to guide information sharing and social interactions within a community of practice.
Click on the following link to learn more: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1389224X.2021.1984956
