Knowledge Management. Yes, knowledge management is the hottest subject of the day. The question is: what is this activity called knowledge management, and why is it so important to each and every one of us? The following writings, articles, and links offer some emerging perspectives in response to these questions. As you read on, you can determine whether it all makes any sense or not. Content Developing a Context Like water, this rising tide of data can be viewed as an abundant, vital and necessary resource. Before attempting to address the question of knowledge management, it's probably appropriate to develop some perspective regarding this stuff called knowledge, which there seems to be such a desire to manage, really is.
A collection of data is not information. The idea is that information, knowledge, and wisdom are more than simply collections. We begin with data, which is just a meaningless point in space and time, without reference to either space or time. An Example A Continuum Extending the Concept. What is KM? Knowledge Management Explained. Knowledge Management, (KM) is a concept and a term that arose approximately two decades ago, roughly in 1990. Quite simply one might say that it means organizing an organization's information and knowledge holistically, but that sounds a bit wooly, and surprisingly enough, even though it sounds overbroad, it is not the whole picture. Very early on in the KM movement, Davenport (1994) offered the still widely quoted definition: "Knowledge management is the process of capturing, distributing, and effectively using knowledge. " This definition has the virtue of being simple, stark, and to the point. A few years later, the Gartner Group created another second definition of KM, which is perhaps the most frequently cited one (Duhon, 1998): "Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying, capturing, evaluating, retrieving, and sharing all of an enterprise's information assets.
Both definitions share a very organizational, a very corporate orientation. Journal home. Journal of Knowledge Management Practice: Library. Journal of Knowledge Management Practice Editorial TLA welcomes you to its unique experiment in journal publishing - the open library concept - pioneered by TLA in 1998. In this approach you the reader have open access to all articles that have been, and are currently being, published in JKMP by TLA. Please note that the articles have been optimised for viewing using Internet Explorer. I think of this open library concept as a "knowledge garden". Note that articles originating prior to August 1999 were published in the Journal of Systemic Knowledge Management. If you are pleased with what you see in JKMP, please visit us on FaceBook and Comment &/or Like. Peter A.C. In The Knowledge Garden: Volume 1: 1998 - 1999 Volume 2: 2000 - 2001 Volume 3: 2002 Volume 4: 2003 Volume 5: 2004 Volume 6: 2005 Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2006 Vol. 7, No. 2, June 2006 Vol. 7, No. 3, September 2006 Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2006 Vol. 8, No. 1, March 2007 Vol. 8, SI-1, May 2007 Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2007 Vol. 8, No. 3, September 2007.
A - Knowledge Translation at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. TECHNICAL BRIEF NO. 18 2007 PDF version Jacqueline Tetroe, MA Senior Policy Analyst, Knowledge Translation Portfolio About the Canadian Institutes of Health Research The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. It aims to excel in the creation of new health knowledge and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real-world applications. CIHR consists of 13 "virtual" institutes, each headed by a scientific director and assisted by an institute advisory board. The work of the institutes embraces the four pillars of health research: (1) biomedical; (2) clinical; (3) health systems and services; and (4) population and public health.
Knowledge Translation at CIHR: Definitions, Purpose, and Rationale for Knowledge Translation CIHR's definition of knowledge translation (KT) has been cited and adapted widely. Context for the CIHR Definition But What Does KT Really Mean? Knowledge to Action Table 1.