Abstract: Like every new business topic, Knowledge Management is a new learning area for employees engaged in this issue. The difference with Knowledge Management is that it is complex and multi-facetted. It requires not only knowledge about methods and tools but also a certain state of mind and creative competence. So classroom teaching, reading,
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Trend: Assigning the strategic functions of knowledge management to the chief information officer
Abstract: Knowledge management is increasingly under attack to show returns on investments and profitable business outcomes. While many companies retain their executive leadership as chief knowledge officers (CKOs) and vice presidents of knowledge management, the trend toward appointing CKOs that developed in the late 1990’s has been reversed at many companies and a new
Comprehensive Knowledge Management – A New Programme in Post Graduate Education
Abstract: The comprehensive programme for the education of executives at the Donau-Universität Krems emphasises the human issues of Knowledge Management and is aimed at achieving a balance of the aspects involved in the dimensions of Comprehensive Knowledge Management. The overall aim of the course is to impart the competence to the graduates to design
Knowledge Management Education: An Overview of Programs and Instruction
Abstract: This chapter provides a broad overview of university-based and other KM training worldwide, with particular emphasis on courses that can assist students in qualifying for Chief Knowledge Officer and other jobs in organizations that have KM programs. First, an overview of KM teaching categories is presented, showing the breadth of approaches that are
Study and Framework of Chief Knowledge Officer Effectiveness
Abstract: The existing literature on Chief Knowledge Officers (CKOs) focuses on individual characteristics and organizational context but fails to convincingly address the issue of process dynamics in terms of effective and ineffective CKO moves and strategies. In order to address this gap we review propositions from the management fashion, diffusion of innovations and issue