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
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Trends creating the Knowledge Manager of the Future
Abstract: The role of the manager as merely an overseer of workers is an artifact of the Industrial Age paradigm, no longer appropriate to the Knowledge Age. Increasingly, middle managers’ heads are on the chopping blocks of budget-tightening corporations, and those who fail to transform themselves into “player/coaches” will become obsolete, suggests Thomas H.
Accidental Knowledge Manager
Abstract: To get people who never asked for the responsibility to embrace a KM project, top management must lead the way. A corporate knowledge management initiative can have many unforeseen effects on management and staff. At one site, knowledge workers will welcome the effort, anticipating the benefits and pitching in as
A new Knowledge Management group: Association of Knowledgework (AoK)
Abstract: A new online association is formed where knowledge workers and knowledge managers can share common ground. A new KM group has been formed on the radical premise that knowledge workers and knowledge managers ought to belong to the same organization. The Association of Knowledgework (AoK), an online group, went live
Fast-Track Knowledge Management Careers
Abstract: A Summary of Some Fast-Growning KM Careers A good barometer for measuring the acceptance of a movement might be the appearance of related recruitment ads in leading newspapers and employment services. If so, the dozen or so knowledge management positions listed in recent Sunday editions of the New York Times,