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Like the skills of individuals, the capabilities of firms are based partly on explicit records, theory and models, partly on un-codified, tacit knowledge. Articulation of the latter is often a value creating activity but it is also expensive in terms of time and effort. The questions as to how and to what extent firms should articulate the tacit portion of their knowledge base are important … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Lars Håkanson | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subject: Knowledge Management

The tricky thing about knowledge management is ensuring that all those programs and processes don’t choke the imaginative sparks they try to grasp.

Content: Article | Source: Chief Executive | Subject: Knowledge Management

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It’s up to CIOs to drive IT beyond national borders.

Editor’s Note: though ostensibly an article about international management, in fact the bulk of this article addresses knowledge management in the context of a global business environment. It offers a good model of 4 components of knowledge.

Content: Article | Authors: F.P. dos Santos, Peter J. Williamson, Yves Doz | Source: Optimize Magazine | Subjects: International, Knowledge Management

Data remains one of our most abundant yet under-utilized resources. “Data to Knowledge to Results: Building an Analytic Capability” provides a holistic framework that will help companies maximize this resource. By outlining all the elements necessary to transform data into knowledge and then into business results, the paper helps managers understand that human performance elements must be attended to in addition to technology. The experience … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Alvin L. Jacobson, David W. De Long, Jeanne G. Harris, Thomas H. Davenport | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Management

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Companies should audit their information assets. There’s hidden treasure there.

Editor’s Note: the opening will make it clear that this piece was written during the dot-com boom but the seven dimensions to think about your information assets are worthwhile.

Content: Article | Author: John Sviokla | Source: Context Magazine | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Management

Organizations should reward learning as well as sales. Here’s how.

Editor’s Note: some common sense but perhaps useful to your organization…

Content: Article | Author: Stever Robbins | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Management

Knowledge management isn’t what you know, it’s knowing what your employees know and making sure it remains a part of your company long after they’re gone. Roundtable partipants brainstorm ways to ensure a company’s intellectual capital gets deposited in the bank.

Content: Article | Source: Chief Executive | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Management

When employees leave, vital institutional knowledge may be lost forever. Here are ways to improve your corporate memory.

Content: Article | Authors: Anne Field, Hamilton Beazley | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Knowledge Management

There is no one-size-fits-all way to effectively tap a firm’s intellectual capital. To create value, companies must focus on how knowledge is used to build critical capabilities.

Editor’s Note: introduces a framework based on four categories of work.

Content: Article | Authors: Bruce E. Weitzman, Jeanne G. Harris, Leigh P. Donoghue | Source: Accenture | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

Knowledge loss, often an unintended consequence of downsizing, can be one of the costliest problems confronting organizations today. It is also one of the most widely ignored. Better workforce planning and targeted knowledge-retention initiatives can help you avoid losing this key source of competitive advantage.

Content: Article | Authors: David W. De Long, Thomas O. Mann | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

Companies waste billions on knowledge management because they fail to figure out what knowledge they need, or how to manage it. In his latest book, Thomas A. Stewart explains how to answer both questions.

Content: Article | Author: Thomas A. Stewart | Source: Business 2.0 | Subject: Knowledge Management

Organizations tend to look at content management as content that’s good enough for outside folks, while they refer to knowledge management as the sharing of knowledge primarily by inside folks. We think the time is ripe for a collision. A blend of content management systems and knowledge management tactics may provide just the combination a company needs. By examining the following points of overlap between … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Amy Corrigan, Bryon Niekamp | Source: Line56 | Subject: Knowledge Management

If you’re serious about building a collaborative company and want to reap the economic rewards from doing so, you have to screen out “lone stars.” Harvard Business School professor Morten T. Hansen explains.

Editor’s Note: I found the sidebar to be of much more interest and value…

Content: Article | Author: Mallory Stark | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior

A six-step guide to the promotion of corporate entrepreneurship and the exploitation of innovation.

Content: Article | Author: Sigvald Harryson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Innovation, Knowledge Management

The battle plan for the KM czar begins with determining if KM
is the right answer.

Content: Article | Author: Daryl Morey | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subject: Knowledge Management

If you look at how companies approach knowledge management, you can see that the problem is in the execution. Companies commonly make catastrophic mistakes by falling for one of these seven myths.

Content: Article | Author: Marc Rosenberg | Source: Context Magazine | Subject: Knowledge Management

ENTOVATION® International serves as the hub of a world-wide network of expertise exploring new methods of Knowledge Innovation. The ENTOVATION® Network offers a unique combination of benefits:
– Access to a network of both theorists and practitioners.
– Worldwide exposure to the most progressive managerial concepts.
– Systematic assessment with capabilities across the entire innovation spectrum.
– Universal application across functions, … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: Entovation International Ltd. | Subjects: Innovation, Knowledge Management

Knowledge is the key element in running an organization. It’s also the cornerstone for a new economy and, combined with innovation, knowledge enables daily business practices to be reworked. Professor Soumitra Dutta, Professor Luk Van Wassenhove and Beatrix Biren consider how knowledge can be converted into marketplace success for any organization. They study one particular Xerox community as well as the overall … [ Read more ]

Content: Case Study | Authors: Beatrix Biren, Luk N. Van Wassenhove, Soumitra Dutta | Source: INSEAD | Subject: Knowledge Management | Company: Xerox