Abstract: Librarians are the ultimate knowledge managers. We all know that. After all, haven’t we been the custodians of documented knowledge for centuries? Who could possibly do it better than us? Well, then why aren’t people knocking down our doors, begging us to be the knowledge managers of the organisation? Are they just ignorant
Publications
Books, articles, and press releases relevant to Knowledge Management education and the KM career path
Knowledge Roles, Knowledge Management Skills, and Organization Structures
Abstract: There is no right way to organize for delivery of knowledge management. Much depends on the existing structures and responsibilities that already exist within an organization. We have already considered the role of the knowledge leader. But what kind of organization does he or she need in support? We consider in turn:
Knowledge Roles: The Chief Knowledge Officer and Beyond
Abstract: Knowledge management is all the rage. It has replaced reengineering as the hot conference topic of the day. And it’s not just being discussed-it’s actually being done. Hewlett-Packard unveiled more than 20 initiatives to manage knowledge at a recent workshop. In the past couple
Knowledge conscious managers are facilitators
Abstract: I’ve been thinking about the concept of “knowledge-conscious managers” for a while, though I don’t recall exactly what triggered the line of thinking. It could be an article I read on the Mospos blog titled The 18 commandments of Knowledge-conscious managers. It could be an Inside Knowledge
Knowledge-conscious managers
Abstract: I like the idea that Knowledge Management is really about Knowledge Conscious Management, or to put it differently, Managing in the Knowledge Age as Professor Klaus North puts it. Incidentally, this explains why it is so difficult to introduce in 20th century organizations, which do not recognize mastery of knowledge flows as a