Abstract: The chief knowledge officer (CKO) provides leadership as a technologist and as a shaper of organizational culture and information exchange. Through a review of the literature, the CKO role is explored by comparing and contrasting five sources. As more and more organizations use competency models to select, evaluate and develop their knowledge manager,
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Training and Education in Knowledge Management
Background: Knowledge management is currently a hot topic. Training in KM can mean different things to different people as witnessed on search engines (for example, Google). To see the diversity of what is meant by KM, simply key in the phrase “knowledge management” on a search engine, such as Google. The number and diversity
Chief Knowledge Officer’s ethical challenges
Abstract: Since the development and the introduction of the knowledge economy Knowledge Management has become an important scientific concept and many disciplines have laid some claims on it. As a re-discovery of the use of knowledge in an economic way to gain a competitive advantage in business it resides mostly in commerce and industry.
Knowledge Officer’s Reflections
Abstract: The paper recounts the observations of the author, following his appointment as a full time Knowledge Officer within the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Dstl. The author was charged with the task of implementing a Knowledge Management (KM) programme within one part of the organisation. During his appointment, the author came into
Knowledge Management professionals in blue chip companies
Abstract: The objective of this paper was to explore the role of a Knowledge Management professional in today’s blue chip companies, to examine if and how the KM professionals differ from each other, and if Knowledge Management professionals on the whole match the earlier proposed models of an ‘ideal’ KM professional. The findings suggested