Abstract: Some experts say that knowledge management, by definition, should be decentralized. Others insist there must be an accountable individual, someone to champion the concept and spearhead the enormous effort needed to overcome inherent obstacles to the free flow of information within an organization. Toward that end, many high-profile companies have
Journal Articles
Journal, magazine, and newsletter articles relevant to Knowledge Management education and the Knowledge Management career profile
Hot new job title: Chief knowledge officer
Full text from publisher » Bob Weinstein, “Chief knowledge officers in big demand,” Chicago Sun-Times, March
New Role for Information Professionals: Knowledge Management
Full text from publisher » Marcus Speh: Knowledge Management – A New Role for Information Professionals.
Special librarians: key catalysts in the knowledge continuum
Abstract: Stephen Abram revisits some of the language and assumptions about the building blocks of information, knowledge, and organizations, as well as the process of knowledge creation and use. In this article, I will take a few heretical positions that will challenge some of the sacred cows of our profession. Unlike
Appointing a Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)?
Abstract: The issue tends to polarize. Appointing a CKO is now considered a prudent and foresighted move or a strange and ridiculous one — depending on who you ask. Some of us, however, are deeply and passionately….ambivalent. While the Economist notes that CKO is the “trendiest job in business at the