A Collaborative Autoethnography of a restaurant entrepreneur's career development

Abstract

This study is a collaborative autoethnography that describes and gives meaning to a case in which a study participant participated in a Knowledge Management project with this researcher in the process through which he entered a restaurant company and finally became a manager. I introduced the process through which a knowledge worker creates, develops, and shares knowledge, and how knowledge-based corporate management promotes changes in members' career development. In this regard, I emphasized the meaning of tacit knowledge as a competitive advantage in food service companies, and emphasized the role of knowledge workers in the process of making the organization dynamic, the necessity of a culture to discover and share knowledge in food service companies, and the fact that knowledge management projects is effective for development of human resources. Finally, this study described the necessity of responsible management through autonomous authorities given through field-oriented talent cultivation in the restaurant industry.