Abstract: The field of knowledge management (KM) is now about 20 years old. As Patrick Lambe previously pointed out, knowledge management existed before 1995, but the term KM was not widely used. I have been active in this field for most of that time, and I am often asked how
Presentations
Presentations relevant to Knowledge Management education and the Knowledge Management career profile
Death of the Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO)
Abstract: Not too long ago I swatted the beehive that is the KM CKO position. And, as one might expect when doing so, the stings were numerous and from every direction. If you’re unfamiliar with my initial foray into this discussion, basically it went something like this: if the CKO role is dead, we
Knowledge Management Core Team Job Descriptions
Abstract: As part of APQC’s second Knowledge Management (KM) Advanced Working Group, the APQC research team worked with KM practitioners from leading organizations to create job descriptions for some of the most important positions on an organization’s KM core team: KM leader, KM specialist, KM communication director, and KM IT/business analyst. This document contains
Knowledge Organization Competencies Survey
Abstract: Some of us involved with the Innovations in Knowledge Organisation conference in Singapore are working on a competency framework for knowledge organisation (i.e. taxonomies, ontologies, thesauri, etc). We have put together a brief survey that might be of interest to you, to test a competency framework we have drafted.
Role that knowledge organization professionals could play
Abstract: In the early 20th century, Paul Otlet carved out a role for knowledge organization as a force for positive social change. While his ideals appeared to be utopian to many of his contemporaries, his activism and vision foreshadowed the potential (for good and evil) of the World Wide Web. This paper discusses the