Knowledge Management of Brocade Weaving Group. Arts and Crafts Center Ban Noen Thammang Nakhonsithammarat Province

Abstract

The aim of this research to study the knowledge management processes of the brocade weaving group in the Arts and Crafts Center in Ban Noen Tammang Nakhonsithammarat Province. This qualitative research based on the theory of Knowledge Management Process of the Office of the Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC). Collect the data from a sample of 12 people, consisting of weaving instructors and those involved in knowledge management. Studies and collected information from some document, observations, inquires and interviews used for descriptive analysis. The brocade weaving group Arts and Crafts Center in Ban Noen Tammang has a knowledge management process, with seven steps, as follows: 1) knowledge identification; 2) knowledge creation and acquisition; 3) knowledge organization; 4) knowledge codification and refinement; 5) knowledge access; 6) knowledge sharing; and 7) learning. It was found that working together resulted in the goal of restoring the city of Nakhon as a center of the brocade textile industry, creating careers and income for its members. The management process was used to transfer knowledge (teaching) and the process of knowledge management in production concurrently, resulting in job, human, organizational and community development.