Tackling the Pandemic: A Knowledge Management Perspective

The current coronavirus pandemic represents a huge challenge for nations and organizations around the world. The present paper discusses how knowledge management could be applied to guide organizations during such a traumatic event. Specifically, building upon Mitroff's model of crisis management, the paper asserts that the acquisition, creation, sharing, utilization, and storing of knowledge are essential for organizations as they deal with the pandemic. The paper suggests some required organizational, team, and individual requirements that, when appropriately available, should help organizations in their knowledge management efforts. Disciplinary: Management, Knowledge Management, Crisis Management, Technology and Innovation (c) 2022 INT TRANS J ENG MANAG SCI TECH.