Abstract: The observation that KM is more about people and organizational culture than it is about IT is common currency in our field. That observation is translated into a variety of prescriptive forms—don’t leave KM to the IT folks, don’t assume that if you build it they will come, recognize the importance of social
KMedu Resources
Literature, media, communities, links, etc. relevant to Knowledge Management education and the Knowledge Management career profile
Don’t Look to Certification Bodies for Knowledge Management Professionals
Purchase from publisher » Daniel W. Rasmus: Don’t Look to Certification Bodies
What chief knowledge officers (CKOs) do
Abstract: As companies transform themselves into learning organizations, chief knowledge officers (CKOs) are becoming new features of the senior executive landscape. CKOs are responsible for driving a company’s knowledge management (KM) strategy. For many organizations, hiring a CKO is good way to initiate a KM program. One of the biggest challenges currently facing organizations
Analysis of job advertisements for information and knowledge managers
Abstract: The article is a report of an investigation of the business/practical world ’s perspective of the role and responsibilities of the information and knowledge manager and the analysis of the findings against a theoretical/academic background. Information about employment opportunities and requirements for the position of information and knowledge managers was extracted from job
Attributes of information service professionals for information and knowledge management
Abstract: A value learned by information service professionals in ‘information studies’ is the belief that the key to empowering people is sharing expertise and information, and collaborating across organisational boundaries and functional units. This belief has become part of the information professional’s ‘culture’, part of our value system – the normal and accepted way