2. What is KM? Comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences Insights and experiences either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice.
3. What is KM? (cont’d) Many companies and non-profit organizations have resources dedicated to internal KM efforts, often as a part of their business strategy, information technology, or human resource management. Several consulting companies also exist that provide strategy and advice regarding KM to these organizations
4. KM Fields of Studies Business Administration Information Systems Management Information Sciences Information and media Computer Science Public Health Public Policy
5. KM Focuses Focuses on organizational objectives such as: Improved performance Competitive advantage Innovation Sharing of lessons learned Integration Continuous improvement of the organization
6. KM Focuses (cont’d) KM efforts can help : Individuals and groups to share valuable organizational insights Reduce redundant work Avoid re-inventing the wheel Reduce training time for new employees Retain intellectual capital Adapt to changing environments and markets
7. KM Dimensions / frameworks One proposed framework for categorizing the dimensions of knowledge distinguishes between : Tacit knowledge : how he or she accomplishes particular tasks ( i.e : experiences, abstractions ), hard to share. Explicit knowledge : written , archived, documented, easy to share.
8. KM Strategies One strategy to KM involves actively managing knowledge ( push strategy ). Individuals strive to explicitly encode their knowledge into a shared knowledge repository, such as databases, as well as retrieving knowledge they need that other individuals have provided to the repository. Commonly known as the Codification approach to KM.
9. KM Strategies ( cont’d ) Another strategy involves individuals making knowledge requests of experts associated with a particular subject on an ad hoc basis(pull strategy). Expert individual(s) can provide their insights to the particular person or people needing this. Commonly known as the Personalization approach to KM.
10. KM Strategies ( cont’d ) Other KM strategies : Rewards ( motivating for knowledge sharing ) Storytelling ( transfering tacit knowledge ) Cross-project learning After action reviews Knowledge mapping Best practice transfer Etc..
11. KM Benefits Making available increased knowledge content in the development and provision of products and services. Achieving shorter new product development cycles. Facilitating and managing innovation and organizational learning. Increasing network connectivity between internal and external individual.
