A COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK OF DESIGN THINKING APPROACH IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: A REVIEW IN ACADEMIC CONTEXT.

Aim. Design thinking (DT) is an essential context for knowledge management (KM), as it promotes the link between KM initiatives and an organisation's strategic goals and objectives. This article analyses the DT process in terms of its capability to create KM. The detailed analysis focuses on the aspect of the DT's working mechanism, namely how KM is represented and created in the process. This article examines the DT procedure in terms of its ability to generate design knowledge. In this regard, the main purpose of this paper is to review the approaches to KM applied to DT and to suggest directions in which such a supervisory system could evolve. Methods. This study is thematic in its nature, and it was prepared on the basis of secondary data, an inclusive review of the literature, and, similarly, the computation of secondary information. To formulate this paper, the researchers referred to research books, earlier published articles, conference papers, and numerous research reports. Results and conclusions. This article concludes by proposing an intuitive model for DT and KM for its successful application in higher learning institutions in the areas of course design institutional strategy formation and faculty resource sharing. Originality. There are very few papers published in the aspects of KM in DT perspective. This study is one of the leading papers aiming to discover realistic support for the DT approach in KM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]