KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION PROCESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA

Abstract

The acquisition relates to the intra-organizational process that facilitates the creation of tacit and explicit knowledge, starting from individuals and integrating the organizational level as well as the identification and absorption of information and external knowledge source (Gold et al., 2001; Huber, 1991), therefore, this study assumes that acquisition is the creation of knowledge within the organization through a learning process, and also the acquisition of external knowledge, originated in associative action with other organizations, business consulting, and universities