Abstract: Knowledge has superseded traditional corporate assets and has become the strategic resource for competitive advantage. To reap the benefits of knowledge, organizations must harvest and leverage the collective knowledge of the entire workforce. This is achieved through effective knowledge management. KM involves processes to create, to store, and transfer knowledge to accomplish business
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Emerging Academic Discipline of Knowledge Management
Abstract: Although knowledge management (KM) has gained worldwide recognition as an important strategic imperative, its integration into academia has lagged. A review of the literature, as well as an examination of information systems (IS) curriculum models, was performed to determine how KM related courses are being integrated. The analysis revealed that KM is still
Knowledge Management Education Across the United States Department of Defense
Abstract: Knowledge is a critical resource for organizations today, especially to the DoD. When organizations understand what knowledge is, they can begin to draw value from it. Drawing value from knowledge is best accomplished through the processes of knowledge management: knowledge creation, knowledge storage and retrieval, knowledge transfer, and knowledge application (Alavi and Leidner,
Accepting Knowledge Management into the LIS fold
Abstract: The goal of this editorial is to describe the emerging stimulus that could drive joint ventures between business, management, and library and information science schools in offering Knowledge Management (KM) curricula. The basis for this thought-piece are modified excerpts from the authors forthcoming dissertation entitled Examination of the Historical Sensemaking Processes Representing the
Knowledge Governance Approach
Abstract: The ‘knowledge governance approach’ is characterized as a distinctive, emerging approach that cuts across the fields of knowledge management, organization studies, strategy and human resource management. Knowledge governance is taken up with how the deployment of governance mechanisms influences knowledge processes, such as sharing, retaining and creating knowledge. It insists on clear micro