Abstract: Knowledge management (the process) and knowledge managers (the people) are recent organizational phenomena. The latter (the knowledge managers) are those key individuals charged with the task of making the former (knowledge management) successful. Due to the recent emergence of these organizational initiatives, a study of knowledge managers – who they are and
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Books, articles, and press releases relevant to Knowledge Management education and the KM career path
Case Study: The Knowledge Management honours degree @ Southampton Solent
Abstract: During 2007/8, Southampton Solent University worked on a Leadership Foundation project focused on the utility of the multi-functional team approach as a vehicle to deliver innovation in strategic and operational terms in higher education (HE). The Task-Orientated Multi-Functional Team Approach (TOMFTA) project took two significant undertakings for Southampton Solent as key areas for
What makes for a successful knowledge manager?
Abstract: In the SIKM Leaders Community, Patti Anklam recently asked for suggestions about what makes knowledge managers effective. She cited my list: Share what you have learned, created, and proved Innovate to be more creative, inventive, imaginative Reuse what others have already learned, created, and proved
Scarcity of Knowledge Management jobs in South Africa?
In the South Africa KM LinkedIn Group Elmi B. asks: In our first Knowledge Conversations Hangout earlier today, one of the topics was the apparent scarcity of KM jobs in South Africa. For instance, graduates are skeptic about finding a job as a KM professional. Is that indeed the
Roles and skills for knowledge management – A TFPL Report
Abstract: This report is the results of the first ever research project to investigate the roles and skills required to create and maintain a knowledge environment. Much has been written about the theory of knowledge management and how it is being implemented, but until now little was known about the knowledge leaders and