Universities as Spaces of Knowledge Creation—Going Through the Test of the Pandemic

Abstract

Generating knowledge and ensuring that it is presented in an adequate and timely manner is the main challenge of knowledge management in organizations. Learning organizations are formed by collaborators who learn and can share, develop co-knowledge, promote improvements, generate changes and innovation in the processes and results of institutions. Universities are spaces of knowledge creation, but the Covid-19 pandemic has put to the test the processes of knowledge management, both for the resolution of the health crisis and for the new pedagogical organization in the digital context. Based on a speculative philosophical and dialectical critical approach, the article aims to analyze the application of knowledge management categories in universities. The results show the rapid adaptation of institutions to the new reality of the pandemic. It is concluded that the internal communication mechanisms, traditionally applied in the organization of universities, have contributed to a better adaptation to the pandemic scenario.