Introduction to Knowledge Management Principles and Practice

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Pub. Date: 2001-12-01
Publisher(s): Fagbokforlaget
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Summary

Knowledge Management (KM) is a hybrid discipline, containing elements of social sciences, technology and business. KM focuses on creating and sharing knowledge. The discipline is a holistic system for management of intellectual capital, organization change, knowledge creation and sharing, for continuous improvement and innovation, and organizational learning, resulting in increased value creation. This symbioses of disciplines takes place within the organizations' vision, purpose and strategy. Introduction to Knowledge Management provides a strategic roadmap for knowledge management and teaches how to implement KM in a company, step by step.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. III
Principles of Knowledge Managementp. 1
Introductionp. 1
What is knowledge management?p. 2
Why is KM being widely adopted now?p. 7
What is the purpose of knowledge management?p. 9
Who is knowledge management for?p. 14
What does knowledge management consist of?p. 14
Why does knowledge management work?p. 18
What is the logic of a knowledge management system?p. 20
Who should be using knowledge management?p. 22
Cultural aspectsp. 23
What knowledge management is not aboutp. 25
Ten strategies for knowledge managementp. 26
Conclusionsp. 32
Lessons learnedp. 33
Referencesp. 35
Data, information, knowledge and wisdomp. 37
Introductionp. 37
Information value chainp. 38
Classifying knowledgep. 44
The three fundamental stepsp. 49
Business and knowledgep. 49
Content management and information extractionp. 50
Conclusionsp. 64
Lessons learnedp. 65
Referencesp. 67
Building the Technical Infrastructure of Knowledge Managementp. 69
Introductionp. 69
The computer network as a knowledge conversion enablerp. 73
Basic consideration for a KM systemp. 75
The vital integrator: The World Wide Webp. 79
Technology components of the Web-based KM architecturep. 82
The interface layerp. 83
Access layerp. 84
Collaborative intelligence and filtering layerp. 86
Applications layerp. 118
Transport layerp. 119
Repository Layerp. 120
Conclusionsp. 121
Lessons learnedp. 122
Referencesp. 123
Information, Knowledge and Meaning--Some theoretical aspects about what creates real communicationp. 125
Introductionp. 125
Goalp. 127
What governs communication and knowledge sharing?p. 128
Language and conceptsp. 130
Understanding concepts depends on what they do and how they are appliedp. 131
Language meaning depends on how we use itp. 132
Relativism in art and science--a modern virtue in the Western worldp. 133
Elements of the Japanese world orderp. 136
Implications of communication and knowledge sharingp. 137
Principles to be observedp. 139
Conclusionsp. 141
Lessons learnedp. 142
Referencesp. 144
Model - The Structure and Dynamics of a Knowledge Management Systemp. 145
Introductionp. 145
Backgroundp. 147
Ideas and structure of a holistic KM systemp. 150
The holistic knowledge management modelp. 152
The Faros conceptp. 158
The settingp. 176
The Knowledge Navigatorp. 179
Cultural aspectsp. 181
The learning effectp. 182
Innovationp. 182
Conclusionsp. 182
Lessons learnedp. 183
Referencesp. 186
Practice: The Faros case studyp. 187
Introductionp. 187
Creating a knowledge management systemp. 189
Building the Faros knowledge management systemp. 195
Faros goes livep. 208
The learning effectp. 211
Conclusionsp. 224
Lessons learnedp. 228
Referencesp. 230
Experiencep. 231
Introductionp. 231
The customerp. 232
Developmental issuesp. 234
Implementationp. 242
Industrializing Farosp. 253
The engaged user - key to successp. 257
Verification of Farosp. 258
Conclusionsp. 258
Lessons learnedp. 259
Referencesp. 260
Monitoring and Measurement in Knowledge Managementp. 261
Introductionp. 261
Scientific management vs. knowledge managementp. 262
The need to measure resultsp. 265
What today's measurement systems measurep. 267
Criteria for a KM monitoring and measurement systemp. 270
Case studyp. 274
Conclusionsp. 276
Lessons learnedp. 276
Referencesp. 277
Strategy and structure: Scenario 2010p. 279
Introductionp. 279
Historical reflectionsp. 282
Moving from our ancestors to modern market economicsp. 284
The change agents that brought us to 2010p. 291
Structure follows strategyp. 292
The knowledge-based societyp. 296
A new order of thingsp. 315
Conclusionsp. 317
Lessons learnedp. 318
Referencesp. 320
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