The Speed of Knowledge | KnowledgeVision
In talking with a business executive the other day, the topic of the best way to communicate with employees came up. This particular business has locations around the US and in Canada, the UK and Australia. One of their real challenges has been communicating their evolving strategy in a consistent way – getting everyone reading from the same playbook. For most large companies, getting an idea out fast often means sacrificing quality of delivery or impact. You can send a PowerPoint deck with a script, but then you hope someone reads it. You can send video files or a link to something streaming, but sent files clog up your email server, and good quality video takes a while to produce – not the timeliest approach. So we spent some time talking with him about trying out the KnowledgeVision platform to create a compelling message to worldwide staff. Voltaire once wrote, “The perfect is the enemy of the good,” reminding us that speed is a powerful market force.
Tacit Knowledge vs. Explicit Knowledge
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
Knowledge Management Definition
Based on the discussion in the previous section, my knowledge management definition is as follows: Knowledge management is the systematic management of an organization's knowledge assets for the purpose of creating value and meeting tactical & strategic requirements; it consists of the initiatives, processes, strategies, and systems that sustain and enhance the storage, assessment, sharing, refinement, and creation of knowledge. Knowledge management (KM) therefore implies a strong tie to organizational goals and strategy, and it involves the management of knowledge that is useful for some purpose and which creates value for the organization. Expanding upon the previous knowledge management definition, KM involves the understanding of: From this knowledge management definition we can see that it depends upon the management of the organization's knowledge creation and conversion mechanisms; organizational memory and retrieval facilities; organizational learning; and organizational culture.
EFQM Excellence Model and Knowledge Management Implications
KM and your business model. Dilip Bhatt, takes a close look at the model developed by the European Foundation for Quality Management, and using the "hybrid skills" he has honed since serving as a geophysicist in the 70's and 80's, links knowledge management strategies directly to business policies and strategies. Bhatt is currently a Principal Consultant with ICL ltd. located in the U.K. where he provides strategic KM consultancy to banks, government agencies, as well as to other business organizations. He's actively assisting in developing ICL's own KM strategy and capacities associated with their cultural changes. EFQM Excellence Model and Knowledge Management Implications by Dilip Bhatt Introduction In spite of all the discussions and publications about Knowledge Management, many business executives are still asking, “What does it mean?” Management by Processes & Facts People Development & Involvement Continuous Learning, Innovation & Improvement Partnership Development
Forrester Urges IT to Support the Mac
The voice of Windows in the enterprise discovers that Mac users are more productive Click to enlarge. That 41% of enterprises won't let Apple (AAPL) PCs anywhere near their computing services -- not even e-mail or the Internet -- should come as no surprise to the IT professionals who subscribe to Forrester Research's market research reports. After all, it reflects the advice that Forrester has been giving information technology departments for decades. "IT departments crave standardization, and Macs pose too many problems for IT departments. Which makes the findings of the Forrester survey of 590 IT executives and decision makers that produced the chart above all the more surprising. "HERO," it turns out, is a Forrester acronym for Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives -- "the 17% of information workers who use new technologies and find innovative ways to be more productive and serve customers more effectively." Click to enlarge. Are slowing them down.
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Knowledge management
Process of creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization.[1] It refers to a multidisciplinary approach to achieve organizational objectives by making the best use of knowledge.[2] An established discipline since 1991,[3] KM includes courses taught in the fields of business administration, information systems, management, library, and information science.[3][4] Other fields may contribute to KM research, including information and media, computer science, public health and public policy.[5] Several universities offer dedicated master's degrees in knowledge management. History[edit] In 1999, the term personal knowledge management was introduced; it refers to the management of knowledge at the individual level.[12] Research[edit] Dimensions[edit] Strategies[edit] Motivations[edit] KM technologies[edit]
KL-ONE
There is a whole family of KL-ONE-like systems. In KL-ONE descriptions are separated into two basic classes of concepts: primitive and defined. Primitives are domain concepts that are not fully defined. This means that given all the properties of a concept, this is not sufficient to classify it. They may also be viewed as incomplete definitions. The slot-concept is called roles and the values of the roles are role-fillers. See also[edit] Ontology language References[edit] This article is based on material taken from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing prior to 1 November 2008 and incorporated under the "relicensing" terms of the GFDL, version 1.3 or later.
