Análise de portal corporativo como meio de suporte à implementação de estratégia e de conversão de conhecimento: um estudo na empresa SODEXO|PURAS

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the role of an internal website as a supporting tool to the communication of the company strategy and creation of organizational knowledge, having as its study object the tool Sodexo_Net of the company Sodexo|Puras, leader in the Brazilian market in food services and infrastructure in the client’s setting. The work contextualizes the internal intranet website Sodexo_Net, considering the scenery in which the company Sodexo|Puras is, analyzing its contribution to the organizational knowledge management. Based on the theoretical grounding, accomplished through literature research, a descriptive study case was realized through direct observation in the company, interviews with executives and quantitative research with company collaborators, who supplied data for content analysis. The paper approaches, as reference, the corporate websites themes, strategy and knowledge management, exploring the creation and knowledge conversion through the model by SECI (NONAKA; TAKEUCHI, 1997; 2004), and analyzes the contents conveyed and the perception of users about the website based on a set of knowledge dimensions defined from the literature consulted, as well as from the conditions for creation and knowledge conversion by Nonaka e Takeuchi (1997; 2004). As a result of the research, it can be seen that the tool has the potential to aid the support to implementation of the company strategy, creation and organizational knowledge management; however, it needs to have its positioning and content reviewed with this objective in order to be successful achieving goals. Widely, some blanks were observed in the conditions recommended by Nonaka and Takeuchi (1997; 2004) as to the conditions of creation and conversion of knowledge, limiting the gateway in its potential.