Abstract: Good companies have been managing knowledge for years, even if they didn’t use that term to describe their activities. The people who were helping to implement the process were de facto knowledge managers even if they didn’t have “knowledge” in their job titles. Vague boundaries surrounding the function did not prevent organizations and
Journal Articles
Journal, magazine, and newsletter articles relevant to Knowledge Management education and the Knowledge Management career profile
Plattform Wissensmanagement – Stern im Wissensmanagement-Orbit
Zusammenfassung: Die Plattform Wissensmanagement – ein Stern im Wissensmanagement-Orbit Im Zeitalter des Wissensarbeiters spielt das Wissensmanagement (WM) eine zentrale Rolle im täglichen Umgang mit dem persönlichen sowie fremden Wissen. Den Weg und das Ziel nicht aus den Augen zu verlieren, zählen zu den größten Herausforderungen im täglichen Umgang mit Wissen. Zur Unterstützung von WM
ASIS&T panel on Career Development in Knowledge Management
Abstract: This is a SIG-KM sponsored panel presented by members of the SIG-KM officer team. First, the panel will overview their experience in knowledge management (KM) as scholars and scholar-practitioners. They will briefly discuss their career development successes and hurdles as a roadmap for others to follow. Second, the panel will discuss career pathways
Job functions and requirements for knowledge managers in South Africa
Abstract: The study explored the job functions and requirements for knowledge management practitioners through the analysis of job advertisements appearing on 12 major jobsites in South Africa. It aimed to provide vital information that can assist in re-examining knowledge management education in library and information science (LIS) schools in South Africa. A total of
Educating Librarians as Information and Knowledge Managers
Abstract: The immense stock of information and knowledge available in the twenty-first century imposed the need for designing a new kind of profession or modifying existing ones, especially the librarian profession, and educate professionals in collecting and disseminating the aforementioned. If the creation of new knowledge is to be understood in terms of Ikujiro