Abstract: In order to manage knowledge, we need to understand the nature of knowledge in organisations. It is helpful to distinguish between three categories of organisational knowledge: tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge, and cultural knowledge. Tacit knowledge is personal knowledge, explicit knowledge is codified knowledge, and cultural knowledge is based on shared beliefs. We use
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KPMG’s International Chief Knowledge Officer
Abstract: With the lofty title of international chief knowledge officer, you’d think Rod McKay was ruling a global empire or traversing the world in a corporate jet. It’s not that glamorous. The Lethbridge, Alta., native does travel a lot, but on regular airlines. He often finds himself making late-night, work-related telephone
A new Knowledge Management group: Association of Knowledgework (AoK)
Abstract: A new online association is formed where knowledge workers and knowledge managers can share common ground. A new KM group has been formed on the radical premise that knowledge workers and knowledge managers ought to belong to the same organization. The Association of Knowledgework (AoK), an online group, went live
Value of internal knowledge infomediaries
Abstract: Businesses are discovering the value of internal infomediaries. The disjunction between company employees and company knowledge hasn’t always been so acute. A business is, after all, a community of sorts, and every community has librarians, chroniclers, sages and gossips. But as the speed of business has accelerated, the tolerance for