Abstract: MAYBE YOU FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT on the elevator, during a business lunch or on the golf course. Whatever the venue, at some point in the past few years you heard the words knowledge management (KM). And there’s a good chance your company has since come to understand the necessity of transforming information
knowledge champion
Knowledge Leadership
Abstract: In our research for Creating the Knowledge-based Business we found without exception that where KM was progressing well, underpinning it was strong leadership. We identified the following as the essential factors of knowledge leadership: A knowledge leader (or champion) – that person may or may not have a title
Chief Knowledge Officer and Reward Structures
Abstract: There is only one way under high Heaven to get anybody to do anything. Knowledge sharing cannot be mandated. The whole notion of sharing what an employee knows is diametrically opposite to the way in which reward structures in most companies work. Why would anyone want to share his knowledge if that knowledge
Knowledge leader role and competencies
Abstract: According to Amidon (2000) modern leaders do not fear the speed of change; rather they embrace an agenda of learning. They know that effective management is not a matter of having the most knowledge; but knowing how to use it. It is not enough to know modern management concepts, but how they get implemented
