Knowledge management Essays & Research Papers

 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT Submitted by:- Article-1:- The five-tier knowledge management Hierarchy Richard C. Hicks, Ronald Dattero and Stuart D. Galup Abstract of the Article:- Purpose – Many terms commonly used in the field of knowledge management (KM) have multiple uses and sometimes conflicting definitions because they are adapted from other research streams. Discussions of the various hierarchies of data, information, knowledge, and other...

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GTZ READER: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Systems for Rural Development Knowledge Management and Knowledge Systems for Rural Development By: C. G. Hess, Consultant, mail@carmen-hess.de; May 2006 In: READER: GTZ Knowledge Management. GTZ Sector Project Knowledge Systems in Rural Development, www.gtz.de/agriservice Introduction Knowledge Management Knowledge Management (KM) is a relatively novel management concept. It has been pushed by the rapid developments of Information and...

CHAPTER 2 2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1.1 Knowledge Management Knowledge management is viewed as a “process about acquisition, creation, packaging and application of reuse of knowledge” (Davenport et al., 1998). Knowledge differs greatly from information or data, and systems supporting knowledge management have a broader range of design issues. Knowledge management always multiple users to access documents on the web and even larger data sets residing in the organizations’ intranets and web-...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT : * "Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing all of an enterprise's information assets. These assets may include databases, documents, policies, procedures, and previously un-captured expertise and experience in individual workers." * Knowledge Management, (KM) is a concept and a term that arose approximately two decades ago, roughly in 1990. Knowledge Management may...

Knowledge management systems: strategic asset or not? Abstract In the knowledge based economy today, it is important for organisations to rapidly collect and share knowledge with globally dispersed locations. KMS is collection of technical artefacts designed to help organisations to achieve such goal. The purpose of this essay is to evaluated whether KMS are strategic asset from resource based view. The outcome of the finding determines whether KMS can be leveraged to facilitate knowledge...

Question 1 Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, evaluating, retrieving and sharing all of an enterprise information assets. These assets may include databases, documents, policies, procedures and such. Knowledge management efforts typically focus on organizational objectives such as improved performance, competitive advantage, innovation, integration and continuous improvement of the...

Nowadays, successful organizations adopted the socio-technical systems information and knowledge management has become increasingly importance to businesses. Knowledge Management process continues to enable managers and employees with valuable understanding of their business environment and knowledge to make strategic business decisions. This essay will explain data, information and knowledge as well as the socio-technical system, knowledge management, organizational knowledge and...

TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5 BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH 5 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES 7 INTRODUCTION TO KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 8 Defining Knowledge Management 11 Perspectives On Knowledge Management 11 The 24 Drivers of Knowledge Management 15 Emergent Themes in Knowledge Management 18 Knowledge Management and Information Management 19 What Knowledge Management Is Not About 21 VALUE PROPOSITION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 26 CHALLENGES IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 32...

Article: The Ethic of Knowledge Management Author: Frank Land ( London School Economic), Urooj Amjad (London School Economic), Sevasti Merlissa Nolas (London School Economic), Published By: International Journal of Knowledge Management Year: 2007 1.0 Introduction For any Business organization, the present business environments are no longer predictable as they are changing rapidly to exist in the competitive environment. The success or failure for an organization...

 TITLE PAGE Applied HRM Project (HRM-6) A Report On “Knowledge Management” By . ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to express my heartiest gratitude to my supervisor Mr Kakavelakis Konstantinos for his kind guidance, feedback and comments throughout the learning process of this project. I would like to thank all my group members who were very supportive throughout this project. I would also like to thank my parents who have been very helping and praying for my success throughout...

* Knowledge Retention Strategies in Industries * A brief introduction Knowledge management is the systematic process of finding, selecting, organizing, distilling and presenting information. Tacit knowledge is the knowledge we each carry in our heads about how to do things, who to call and the lessons learned through experience. Making it explicit is recording in some media that allows another person to use it. The media can be a complex computer database or a piece of paper...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Knowledge management – how organizations track, measure, share and make use of intangible assets such as an employee’s ability to think fast in a crisis – is increasingly important in a fast-changing knowledge society. Organizations have always managed knowledge, even if they did not use the term knowledge management. For example, a person experienced in operating or repairing a particular machine could pass their knowledge on to newcomers. Knowledge management (KM) can...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT REFERENCES: ▪ Becerra-Fernandez, I., Sabherwal, R. (2010) Knowledge management. Systems and processes, New York: M.E. Sharpe ▪ Bratianu, C. (2011a) Changing paradigm for knowledge metaphors from dynamics to thermodynamics, System Research and Behavioral Science, vol. 28, pp. 160-169. ▪ Bratianu, C. (2011b) Knowledge and intellectual capital, Bucuresti: Business Excellence ▪ Bratianu, C. (ed.)(2009) Capitalul intelectual organizational, Bucuresti: Editura...

Knowledge Management "Knowledge management is the set of practices aimed at discovering and harnessing an organization's intellectual resources. It's about finding, unlocking, sharing, and altogether capitalizing on the most precious resources of an organization: people's expertise, skills, wisdom, and relationships. Knowledge managers find these human assets, help people collaborate and learn, help people generate new ideas, and harness those ideas into successful innovations" (Bateman,...

mati Module Leader Comments Module Leader’s Comments on Citing & Referencing Executive Summary Knowledge management has been the talk of the town with companies moving forward to create a knowledge based environment that will ensure the progression of the companies will be able to share and pool together its resources in knowledge. New changes in technology has enabled companies to grow at a faster rate due to rapid access to information and data, here we are taking a look at QM Group...

Knowledge Management Kelly H OMM 625: Learning Organizations & Effectiveness Dr. Kim Gravelle October 15, 2012   Managers must be knowledgeable in numerous areas of the organization in which they work for and must be ready to share that information when needed. A manager is the individual that an employee will go to for information and assistance for anything relating to the job or organization. The amount of information that a manager needs to be knowledgeable in can be massive...

PRIST UNIVERSITY PRIST SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PRE-SEMESTER EXAMINATIIONS II MBA KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Max.Marks.100 PART – A Answer all the questions (10x2=20) 1. Define Knowledge Management. Knowledge management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences 2. List various team members in knowledge management system. a. Knowledge...

Week 7 7/8/13 1.What it mean by “communities of practice” in the context of knowledge management? Why is important to have “proven/best practices”? What are the basic functions of communities and associated examples? What are the approaches that make the “communities of practice” work for ConocoPhillips, Fluor, and Schlumberger? (p61-64) Knowledge retention has been a top priority for the Aerospace Corporation since its founding in 1960. Most of the programs in which Aerospace is involved...

Queen’s KBE Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises 1 WORKING PAPER WP 02-09 KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN A CROSS-CULTURAL SETTING: A CASE STUDY Dianne Ford Dr. Yolande Chan Queen’s University at Kingston April 2002 Queen’s KBE Centre for Knowledge-Based Enterprises 2 Knowledge Sharing in a Cross-Cultural Setting: A Case Study Dianne P. Ford Yolande E. Chan1 Queen’s School of Business Queen’s University e-mail: dford@business.queensu.ca Authors’ Vitae Dianne P. Ford received her B.A....

1 What is KM? KM involves people, technology and processes in overlapping parts, and at a minimum includes these parts: Using accessible knowledge from outside sources Embedding and storing knowledge in business processes, products and services Representing knowledge in databases and documents Promoting knowledge growth through the organization’s culture and incentives Transferring and sharing knowledge throughout the organization Assessing the value of knowledge assets and impact on a...

Examination Paper of Semester III IIBM Institute of Business Management Semester-III Examination Paper Knowledge Management Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) • • • This section consists of Mixed Type questions & Short Answer type questions. Answer all the questions. Part One questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. MM.100 Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. UCC stands for a. Universal Commercial Code b. Uniform Commercial Code c. Uniq Commercial Code d. United...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Knowledge management is a process of transforming information and intellectual assets into enduring value. Knowledge Management has two type: 1. Tacit Knowledge Highly personal, means the knowledge is unrecorded and unarticulated and it’s hard to formalized and therefore difficult, if not sometimes impossible to communicate. 2. Explicit Knowledge Formal and systematic, and can be easily to communicated and share, for example in a book or a database in a library....

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something, which can include facts, information,descriptions,or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic. In philosophy, the study of knowledge is...

Table of Contents Declaration 0 Question 1a – What is Knowledge Management? 3 DEFINITION 1: 3 DEFINITION 2: 4 DEFINITION 3: 4 DEFINITION 4: 5 Question 1b – What is Knowledge Management? 6 Question 2 – Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques 7 Organisational Structure: 7 Company Culture: 7 External Partnership: 7 Revenue: 8 2. Selection of tools. 8 What they have: 8 What they need: 8 Tools I select: 9 Mind Mapping 9 Database Management System 9 Social Network and Blogs 9 3....

Knowledge Management Knowledge management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizations as processes or practices. The theoretical foundations of knowledge management Table - The flow and use of Knowledge Management (KM) theory with examples...

how to lead a knowledge worker The people who are knowledge workers are included among those who work in research and development for the pharmaceutical business. they also developed a new computer game for software companies. In addition, they also are partners (or rising star) in a professional services firm and also the mechanics and designers in formula one racing team. The best lead clever " knowledge worker's" is : 1. Have ability and authority - To lead knowledge workers, a leader...

TABLE of CONTENT I. Introduction: 2 II. Nature of Knowledge and Information: 2 III. The Important of Knowledge Management: 3 IV. Knowledge Management and Leadership: 7 V. Knowledge Management Life Cycle: 10 VI. Conclusion: 13 VII. References:…………………………………………………………………...14 I. Introduction: From the past, people used knowledge to do all the things to survive such as hunting and planting. These days, survival in the human life and either in the...

Knowledge management in an organisation means to capture the knowledge that is critical to them, constantly improve it and make it available in the most effective manner to those who need it.There are two types of knowledge explicit and tacit. Explicit knowledge is a kind of knowledge that can be expressed in formed E.g following a procedure.Tacit knowledge is influenced by emotions and beliefs E.g Respect, relationships. Bovis case study throws a light how knowledge management can be...

TCS- KM Strategy Introduction: Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) is India’s one of the leading Multinational Consultancy company. It is basically dealing in Business Process Outsourcing and IT. TCS is subsidiary of India’s oldest group of company called Tata Group. In 1968 TCS Started as a division of Tata Sons Ltd. In 2004 TCS was listed in Bombay Stock Exchange and thus gone public. It was first IT company to achieve $4 Billion and more revenue. It was ranked as one of the 10 most profitable...

Presentation Structure Knowledge Management and Its Effects on Performance, including BP as a case study: Introduction of Knowledge Management: • Definition and the Essence of KM • Perspectives on Knowledge Management • Knowledge Management Capabilities Needed • Why organisations fail to manage knowledge Effects on Performance: • KM in BP • KM in achieving Operational Excellence in BP • Frame Work • BP’s Philosophy • Peer Group Activity relating to BP • Balance Score Card for Performance...

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. executive summary 1 2. INTRODUCTION 1 3. Social media 2 4. social dynamic model 2 5. knowledge management 4 6. organization learning 6 7. innovation 7 8. conclusion 8 9. references 9 Executive Summary Social media become one of the most powerful tools for communicate with a group of people. However, with a change in technology create WEB2.0. WEB2.0 let internet surfer interact with the writer by sharing their text, picture, Video back and forth. This report...

The Eleven Sins of Knowledge Management Liam Fahey Laurence Prusak A core tenet of any organizational learning project is that without detecting and correcting errors in "what we know" and "how we learn," an organization's knowledge deteriorates, becomes obsolete, and can result in "bad" decisions. Because systematic attention to knowledge management is relatively recent, it is particularly important to detect these errors so that knowledge management does not become yet another...

ACADEMIA DE STUDII ECONOMICE DIN BUCUREȘTI FACULTATEA DE ADMINISTRAREA AFACERILOR (CU PREDARE IN LIMBI STRĂINE) SESIUNEA DE COMUNICĂRI ȘTIINȚIFICE STUDENȚEȘTI Knowledge Management COORDONATORI, Prof. Univ. Dr., Marta-Christina, SUCIU Asist. Univ. Dr., Mina, FANEA-IVANOVICI AUTORI, Mădălina, CERCELARU Alexandru, CIOACĂ Diana, CIORICEANU Antonia, CORDOȘ Michael, DIACONESCU GRUPA 112 BUCUREȘTI KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Authors: Mădălina Cercelaru, Faculty of...

Tata Consultancy Services (India) – Case study Name: Ayesh Perera Student id: s0223566 Assessment: Assessment 2_Case Study-Essay Course: Case study Knowledge Management Foundations Course no: COIT13233 Lecturer: Santoso Wibowo Due date: Week 10 Thursday (09-May-2013) Abstract The purpose of this essay is to answer the questions from the "Tata Consultancy Services (India)" case study on pages 253-255 of Jashapara (2011) The discussion includes advice regarding a strategic...

CERTIFICATE IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Intake 52 – 14th January 2008 to 18th January 2008 JT FRANK ACADEMY SDN. BHD A STRUCTURED APPROACH TO INIATE THE PRACTICE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND TO NURTURE ILHAM MARA INTO A K-BASED ORGANISATION AZLINA BINTI MOHAMAD CIKM-52KL0629 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the name of Allah, The Compassionate, The Merciful… It is difficult to execute the Practice of Knowledge Management given by...

Knowledge Management: Emerging Tool for Higher Education 1Gunjan Awal 2 Swati Pathak 1 Lecturer,Institute of Engineering & Management, Bareilly – Lucknow Highway NH-24,Bareilly ( 99897335290) 2 Lecturer,Institute of Engineering & Management, Bareilly – Lucknow Highway NH-24,Bareilly ( 9389044224) Email - 1 awalgunjan4u@gmail.com , 2 swati.pthk@gmail.com ABSTRACT...

PART IV Managerial and Decision Support Systems 9. Knowledge Management 10. Data Management: Warehousing, Analyzing, Mining, and Visualization 11. Management Decision Support and Intelligent Systems CHAPTER 9 Knowledge Management 9.1 Introduction to Knowledge Management 9.2 Knowledge Management Initiatives 9.3 Approaches to Knowledge Management 9.4 Information Technology in Knowledge Management 9.5 Knowledge Management Systems Implementation 9.6 Roles of People in Knowledge...

Introduction The business world at large has embraced the old adage that says knowledge is power, and this is reflected in the way organisations now view knowledge. Knowledge has become one of the key resources organisations utilise in their business strategies hence the need to manage it. The field of Knowledge Management is considered fairly new and it has generated a lot of interest within the business circles with individual companies investing a lot of resources in its development and...

What Is Knowledge Management? Knowledge Management is one of the hottest topics today in both the industry world and information research world. In our daily life, we deal with huge amount of data and information. Data and information is not knowledge until we know how to dig the value out of of it. This is the reason we need knowledge management. Unfortunately, there's no universal definition of knowledge management, just as there's no agreement as to what constitutes knowledge in the...

1. Company Overview 1.1. Business Overview Mystique is currently involved in fashion clothing business. Unlike other clothing companies, Mystique owns all of its retailing, designing and manufacturing operations. It sells a range of women’s and men’s clothing which aims to give a personalised and satisfaction experience to its customers. The business’s headquarters is located in India but the entire Sri Lankan management is handled in Sri Lankan and currently it has 4 outlets in Colombo and...

Higher School of Economics National Research University, Perm Management Faculty ESSAY Knowledge Chain in Rosatom Corporation: strengths and weaknesses (on the base of the book «Rosatom is Sharing Knowledge») Executed by the students: J. Bagaeva Y. Batueva Mar-13-1 Lecturer: M. Molodchik Perm 2014 CONTENTS Introduction ………………………………………………………………………..3 Knowledge Chain in Rosatom Corporation: strengths and...

Integrating Knowledge Management Technologies in Organizational Business Processes: Getting Real Time Enterprises to Deliver Real Business Performance Accepted for publication in the Journal of Knowledge Management (Emerald) Special Issue on ‘Knowledge Management and Technology’, Q3, 2004. The author: Dr. Yogesh Malhotra is the Founding Chairman and Chief Knowledge Architect of BRINT Institute, LLC, the New York based research, advisory, and e-learning company internationally recognized for...

John Naisbitt: “We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.” (Lewis, p. 4) In today’s Information Age organizations are looking more and more towards the productive manipulation of information to succeed and stay competitive. Increases in technology give rise to an increased emphasis on the human aspects of the socio-technical system: a complex system where workers and technology interact together to achieve some common objective. Accomplishing business objectives involves...

Introduction Knowledge is an important element in every individuals’ lives but most importantly to businesses to succeed in today’s economy. The successfulness of knowledge is through many strategies that involve knowledge creation, knowledge transfer and knowledge management and also by using advanced IT systems through the economic growth and change (Anantatmula and Kanungo, 2010). The purpose of this report is to evaluate how successful the KM strategies are in place within Apple and to...

1. Developments of knowledge management We can use Treacy and Wiersema's model to illustrate how the world has increased its reliance on knowledge by observing how the economic focus has shifted over time. Early on, the focus was on concerns with how to make the most with limited resources. Later, the focus shifted to making clever products. Presently, advanced organizations focus on creating ingenious solutions and developing broad relationships to make customers succeed in their business....

Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Business Administration Knowledge Management Case Study – SC Artis Bio Tech SRL [pic] 22 May 2012 1. Introduction Based on the current economic climate, only companies which have the ability to adapt to continuous changes, shape their business strategies according to the market and take calculated risks will be able to survive. Attributes such as creativity, flexibility and competitiveness have become of the...

Knowledge Management Systems: Introduction Knowledge Management initiatives in the automobile industry Information Systems that support knowledge management applications Benefits of knowledge management initiatives to automobile industry Barriers to Knowledge Management Initiatives in Multi National Automobile Companies KMS impact on Customer Service KMS impact on Product Quality KMS Tool used at Toyota – Chatter (salesforce.com), MS Lync, WebEx, MS Outlook What is knowledge...

Case Assignment for MindTree Dan Wang (王丹) 12210690688 Q1．What are the key elements of MindTree’s approach to knowledge management? How effective are they? A: The key elements of MindTree’s Approach to KM includes: 1. The way MindTree foster and build social interactions within the company. From MindTree’s value system (CLASS), the administrators have realized that employees are social creatures that wish to build and grow. Thus, they allow employees to self-organize into communities that...

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology © 2007 JATIT. All rights reserved. www.jatit.org APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 1 1 Jayanthi Ranjan, 2Saani Khalil Associate Professor, Information Management Area, Institute of Management Technology, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. ( 09811443110) 2 Visiting faculty, Information Management Area, Institute of Management Technology, Raj Nagar, Ghaziabad,...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all who gave their support throughout the process of writing this Seminar paper. I would also like to thank my beloved lovely wife Edith Lisalitsa and my son Macdonald Lisalitsa for giving me humble time to concentrate in preparing this Seminar paper. I would also wish to thank my classmates and session mates for their support. Special thanks, goes to my...

“Tacit Knowledge” versus “Explicit Knowledge” Approaches to Knowledge Management Practice by Ron Sanchez Professor of Management, Copenhagen Business School and Linden Visiting Professor for Industrial Analysis, Lund University Contact information: Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy Solbjergvej 3 - 3rd floor DK 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark email: sanchez@cbs.dk Abstract This paper explains two fundamental approaches to knowledge management. The tacit knowledge...

PLANNING IN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT DEFINITIONS: 1.PLANNING: Planning is a process which involves the determination of future course of action, i.e. why an action, how to take an action, and when to take action are main subjects of planning. So planning is actually a future thinking for achieving goals. 2.KNOWLE DGE MANAGEMENT: Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing all of an enterprise's...

In: Journal of Universal Computer Science 3:8, August 1997 Information Technology for Knowledge Management Uwe M. Borghoff Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory 6, chemin de Maupertuis. F-38240 Meylan, France E-mail: borghoff@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com Remo Pareschi Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory 6, chemin de Maupertuis. F-38240 Meylan, France E-mail: pareschi@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com Abstract: Knowledge has been lately recognized as one of the most important...

Knowledge management is the name of a concept in which an enterprise consciously and comprehensively gathers, organizes, shares, and analyzes its knowledge in terms of resources, documents, and people skills. In early 1998, it was believed that few enterprises actually had a comprehensive knowledge management practice (by any name) in operation. Advances in technology and the way we access and share information have changed that; many enterprises now have some kind of knowledge management...

What is Knowledge Management? Introduction* Generally, knowledge is interpreted, subjective information within a context, which involves understanding and is mostly tacit, not explicit. Knowledge can take many forms. It can be in the form of thoughts, insights, ideas, lore, lessons learnt, practices, and experiences undergone to name just a few. The term knowledge management has become common in businesses throughout the world. Despite its increased prevalence, there remains a large...

Lund Institute of Economic Research Working Paper Series Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning: Fundamental Concepts for Theory and Practice 2005/3 Ron Sanchez Ron Sanchez, Professor of Management Copenhagen Business School, Solbjergvej 3 - 3rd floor, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark, sanchez@cbs.dk Lindén Visiting Professor in Industrial Analysis, Institute of Economic Research, Lund, Sweden Abstract This paper investigates several issues regarding the nature, domain,...

Knowledge Management & Transfer Model {Techniques and Forms} [pic] Division of Personnel Department of Administrative Service State of New Hampshire Table of Contents Page Content 3-4 Introduction 4-6 Generally Accepted Definitions for Knowledge Management and Transfer 7 Knowledge Transfer Practices Chart 8-13 Developing and implementing a knowledge management/transfer plan [Steps, Forms, and Example] 14-16 Overviews of...

Running Head: ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND HEALTHCARE A Framework for Organizational Learning in Healthcare: From Individual Learning to the Organizational Learning Systems Model J. Richard Ray, Jr. Managing OD Consultant/Adjunct Professor of HRD Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic/George Washington University/ Presented at Southern Management Association 2002 Conference Track 2: Health Care Administration/Hospitality Management Phone: (301) 520-9184 Email:...

» MANAGING YOURSELF BEST OF HBR 1999 We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you've got ambition and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, regardless of where you started out. But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren't managing their employees'careers; knowledge workers must, effectively, be their own chief executive officers. It's up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and...

Aravali Institute of Management Knowledge Management Term Paper Topic: Knowledge Management and Organization Behaviour (Tracing the interrelationship) Submitted To Mr. Prithwi T. Banerjee Faculty, AIM Submitted by Group No. 4 Harshad Vyas Om Prakash Suthar Bhawani SinghRathore Amit Mathur Gourav Rathi Abstract Organizations are collections of interacting and inter related human and non-human resources working toward a common goal or set of goals within the framework of...

A Case Study of Knowledge Management Abstract This paper presents what Knowledge Management is all about, KM status of an organization, theoretical aspects of KM introduced in different companies, identified examples in the real world, KM tools used in organizations and use to facilitate the KM process in a specific organization. Introduction Knowledge Management (KM) has been growing in importance and popularity as a research topic since the mid 1990`s. This is enough time for many...

e Nicole Wells MISM 2301 CDM, Inc. Knowledge Management Case Study Questions: 1. What approaches does CDM employ to manage the tacit and the explicit knowledge within the organization and why does this effort require such different approaches to manage tacit versus explicit knowledge? [table] | |Tacit Knowledge |Explicit Knowledge |Why it’s different | |Technical...

 Concept 1: Organizational learning Overview: Organizational learning is a set of processes by which organizations improve their performance. Performance processes consist of one or more goals, outcome measures, constituent steps, and relevant people, artifacts, and knowledge. Learning processes furthermore require that the organization anticipates and attends to feedback, creates knowledge from that feedback, and takes action based on that knowledge. Relationships among people can be modeled...

Abstract Today the world has more and more of free flow of information leading to transfer of knowledge from a person or an organization to others. Whereas this invariably leads to faster development, it also impacts the competitive advantage held by the innovators of processes or technology. It has therefore become strategically important for one and all in business to understand the knowledge, processes and controls to effectively manage the system of sharing and transferring the...

Knowledge Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry Introduction The study of Knowledge Management is a process that has been researched for centuries by western philosophers and traditional theorists, however it is only until recently that knowledge management has been the main focus for many organisations. Many have said that it was the publishing of Karl Wiig’s, “knowledge management foundations” (1993), that sparked the huge interest in knowledge management and nearly two decades on KM...

KM Practice at Mindtree Mindtree visit: 10th September 2007 Presentation by Raj Datta Mindtree he said believes in a holistic KM Approach. It is important to cover the entire life cycle of knowledge when we think of any Knowledge management initiative in an organization. And to do so we need to recognize the spiral nature of the knowledge and the interdependencies. The 2 types of KM approaches are Control:the organization monitors the KM database and the quality of content generated....

1. Executive summary This report analyses the importance of knowledge management in the organisational context for maintaining competitive edge in the market. It conducts an analysis of the key areas in knowledge management with effective implementation of the different strategies for efficient knowledge management and knowledge transfer within the different levels of management in an organisation, these have been elaborated. Furthermore the report discusses the methods and strategies...

‘KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES’ AND PATH-DEPENDENCY IN INNOVATION* CRIC, The University of Manchester Professor Rod Coombs & Richard Hull CRIC Discussion Paper No 2 June 1997 Published by: Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition The University of Manchester Tom Lupton Suite University Precinct Centre Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9QH *The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the ESRC through its ‘Research Programme on Innovation’ for the work on which this...

1.0 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY Proton is the first Malaysian automobile manufacturer which is found in 1983. Proton headquartered is located in Shah Alam, Selangor, with a manufacturing plant in Tanjung Malim, Perak. It was Malaysia's only carmaker until the establishment of its competitor and arch-rival Perodua in 1993. Proton is a core member of Proton Holdings Berhad which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. Over 42% of its equity is owned by a government-owned company Khazanah Nasional Berhad,...

Successful knowledge management implementation in global software companies Nikhil Mehta Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and evaluate a concise framework to examine how global software companies with successful knowledge management (KM) programs create KM-enabled value. Design/methodology/approach – The framework was evaluated at three global software companies with successful KM programs. Data were generated based on 20 interviews with various individuals involved...

ESSAY: THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SHARE TO LEARN, LEARN TO SHARE. W R IT T E N B Y : J E R R E L D E P A A U W 1. INTRODUCTION Nowadays, knowledge is an important factor for people to gain distinctive advantages in the present society; through training, coaching and education, people can develop their skills, abilities and attitudes, to gain those distinctive advantages. Through knowledge, people get better jobs, higher compensation and more wealth. Knowledge is a...

PAPERS A Model of Project Knowledge Management Stanislaw Gasik, Sybena Consulting, Warsaw, Poland ABSTRACT ■ Knowledge is the most important resource needed for project management. The aim of this article is to present a full, consistent model of project knowledge management. There are two basic types of project knowledge: microknowledge, needed for performing a single task (or its part), and macro-knowledge (in other words, all the knowledge possessed by people from a given...

Organizations are open systems through employees and systems that support knowledge management. Knowledge management is any structured activity that improves an organization’s capacity to acquire, share, and use knowledge in ways that improve its survival and success. In order to remain competitive and proper, organizations need intellectual capital, which is the sum of everything that an organization knows that gives it competitive advantage. Therefore, it is important for organizations to...

Infrastructure for Knowledge Management Dr. Randy J. Frid 1 Table of Contents COMMON VOCABULARY..........................................................................................................4 FORWARD .....................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER 1 – Defining Knowledge Management ........................................................................8 The Meaning of “Knowledge”...

Knowledge Management Table of Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 2 Strategy Development and Deployment ....................................................................................... 3 Knowledge Life Cycle .................................................................................................................. 4 Cultural...

Motorola Extends Use of Open Text's Livelink COMPASS System Provides Enterprise Collaboration and Knowledge Management Chicago, Il - 2003-06-09 - Open Text™ Corporation (Nasdaq: OTEX, TSX: OTC), provider of Livelink®, the leading collaboration and knowledge management software for the global enterprise, said today that Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is expanding its use of Livelink as its central knowledge repository and platform for collaboration. Livelink helps Motorola improve collaboration...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN INTAN According to Rumizen (2002), knowledge management is a systematic process by which knowledge needed for an organization to succeed is created, captured, shared and leveraged. Basically, knowledge management process comprises three basic critical processes which are Knowledge Acquisition, Knowledge Sharing, and Knowledge Utilization. Knowledge Acquisition is a process of development and creation of insight, skills and relationship. Knowledge formalization...

Additional questions to answer on your Questionnaire 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What university did you do your undergraduate work? Where did you grow up? Does your career goal lean toward management or engineering? In the MSc-IT program so far, would you have liked more or less (1) technical CS material, (2) business/management IT material? What is the biggest piece of software you have ever written? If you’re not working for a company, do you belong to any organizations? Do you blog? If so,...

Introduction Many companies are beginning to feel that the knowledge of their employees is their most valuable asset. They may be right, but few firms have actually begun to actively manage their knowledge assets on a broad scale. Knowledge management has thus far been addressed at either a philosophical or a technological level, with little pragmatic discussion on how knowledge can be managed and used more effectively on a daily basis. At this early stage of knowledge management in business,...

The Networking Attitude In 2002 The Networking Attitude was launched as a new way of communication to enable and encourage staffs in different work sites to share knowledge and good practices in the enterprise. MAKE IT YOURS As employee’s commitment is very important, several social tools were designed to make people enjoy the activity and see how knowledge exchange can benefit them. Such social tools include Marketplace - Marketplace is a two-hour activity held during other meetings...

Running head: The "Global" and the "Local" in Knowledge Management Victor De Jesus University of Mary Washington Introduction In a world were people with specialized skills are hard to find, corporations must find a way to hold on to their corporate knowledge. Many times this knowledge resides in the head of a person, which creates a situation when the employee decides to stop working for the corporation. A knowledge gap is created at the time of departure and...

Organizational learning and knowledge-sharing are key competitive characteristics of nowadays global organizations (Teale, 2003). The development and exploitation of the intangible capabilities of an organization is a successful approach for increasing organizational responsiveness to the continuously changing external environment (Little, 2002). Being challenged by the dynamic world of complex needs and expectations, organizations need to effectively and efficiently manage their internal...

Content: 1- Introduction 2- Definitions 3- Review of the learning Organization 4- Review of the Knowledge Management 1- Introduction Learning organizations are not simply the most fashionable or current management trend, they can provide work environments that are open to creative thought, and embrace the concept that solutions to ongoing work-related problems are available inside each and every one of us. All we must do is tap into the knowledge base, which...

Information Management, Knowledge Management, and Organizations – a Case Study TUI UNIVERSITY Michael P. Magee ITM501 Information Technology Management Paul R. Watkins, PhD Dean of the Colleges of Business Administration and Information Systems Touro University International (TUI). 21 July 2008 Submitted: 14 SEP 2008 The relationship between organizational learning and organizational knowledge and the affect knowledge management has on both is at once undeveloped and...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND ICT The Emerging role of Technology on Knowledge Management Practices INTRODUCTION Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization. It is the study of something, or the branch of knowledge of a discipline. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include construction technology, medical technology, or state-of-the-art technology or high technology. Technologies can also be...

This research work i found while searching some matter about the Knowledge Management. I feel it is worth sharing with everybody IBM Knowledge Management Strategy Abstract IBM began serious measures to incorporate Knowledge Management in their business model in 1994. Since that time, they have employed managers devoted sole to KM, in their IBM Collaboration and Knowledge services. The result has been a great deal of IT initiatives for the...

TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.0 INTRODUCTION * 2.1 SCOPE * 2.2 OBJECTIVES * 2.3 BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY * 2.4 Vision Statement * 2.5 Mission Statement 3 MAIN BODY 3.1 Strategy Assessment of Apple * 3..1.1 Strategy and key strategy components * 3.1.2 Operational Excellences * 3.1.3 Market Sustainability * 3.1.4 Competitive edge * 3.1.5 Current performances of the strategy * 3.1.7 Potential opportunity for...

Siemens AG is a German based company founded in 1847, employs over 416,000 people in 190 countries, and has over 60.1 billion Euros in sales worldwide. Siemens became the electronics, telecommunications, and electrical engineering powerhouse that it is today by consistently innovating and discovering new technologies. After starting out as a small precision-engineering workshop making wire insulation and warning bells for railroads, the company discovered the dynamoelectric principle, built the...

Topic: Knowledge Management and Intellectual capital AUTHORS: D GUPTA B PRUDHVI M KIRAN REDDY Abstract: Knowledge is something that comes from information processed by using data. It includes experience, values, insights, and contextual information and helps in evaluation and incorporation of new experiences and creation of new knowledge. People use their knowledge in making decisions as well as...

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROJECT TITLE: IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN HSBC Under The Guidance of : Team Members: Mrs. Teena Bagga Aman Arora (B-25) Information Technology Faculty Anuj Sood (B-32) Amity Business School Mohit Gupta (B-34) Sumit Kumar (B-41) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Banking giant HSBC bills itself as ‘the world’s local bank’, a phrase no doubt intended to highlight the importance of local knowledge, combined with...

INTRODUCTION Knowledge Management System (KM System) refers to a (generally IT based) system for managing knowledge in organizations, supporting creation, capture, storage and dissemination of information. It can comprise a part (neither necessary or sufficient) of a Knowledge Management initiative. Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) are technologies that support Knowledge Management (KM) in organizations, specifically - knowledge generation, codification, and transfer (Ruggles, 1997). The...

Case Description Cablex Industries liked to be seen as itself a bastion of tradition. The original owner, Jagan, had maintained close control over the business for 25 years as it developed a number of cables for two wheelers. Until he retired in 1995, Jagan knew the names of every one of the 250 staff members and their families. He made all decisions about products, clients, and employment conditions, even signed every leave application. Jagan knew all dealers and major two wheeler...

Question 1 – What is Knowledge Management? Elaborate Your Views: PART A (i)  A good operational definition of knowledge management is the deliberate introduction of an improved and more effective information environment (Koenig, 1999, p. 77) My Answer: Knowledge, by definition: is broad and wide in its scope. This statement seems to imply knowledge to be of an explicit nature. Explicit knowledge is “information or knowledge that is set out in tangible form” (Koenig, May 2012):...

COIS20077 Assessment Item: Submission Date: Word Count: 2 26th May, 2011 3600 Knowledge Management Audit Report Student Name Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hewlett Packard (HP) is a leading multinational organization providing products and services in many IT related technologies such as computer hardware and software, printers, scanners, storage devices etc. In 1995, the company decided to introduce knowledge management in its organization that will make its systems, processes, outcomes...

Knowledge: Knowledge is very distinct from data and information and provides a higher level of meaning about that data and information. * Data are the collection of facts, measurements and statistics. * Information is organized or processed data that are timely and accurate. * Knowledge is information that is contextual, relevant and actionable. * through reuse. Types of knowledge: There are two types of knowledge * Explicit knowledge * Tacit...