In this Information Age, industries that manage and provide services, information and knowledge – especially those that cannot be outsourced – will continue increasing in size and demand. To manage the 21st century enterprise, leaders need to be savvy in utilizing relevant technologies, engaging modern communications, effectively managing distant and diverse staff, and leveraging global
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Organizational knowledge leadership
Purpose: Knowledge management as a key top executive function has not been sufficiently explored in the leadership literature. This study seeks to examine the role of top executives in knowledge management by first building theoretical hypotheses and subsequently testing them. Hypotheses are developed through the integration of the knowledge management and leadership literatures
Leadership for Effective Knowledge Management
Purpose: – The challenge facing knowledge management (KM) professionals is how to leverage knowledge for improving organizational performance. From a management perspective, it is important to utilize KM systems for improving communication, and collaboration to enhance employee skills with a focus on improving productivity. From a leadership perspective, it is critical to ensure
Knowledge Management Champion Guidelines
Abstract: Knowledge champions (otherwise known as KM Champions, Knowledge Activists, Knowledge Stewards, Knowledge Coordinators, KM Reps) perform an important role in distributing your KM messages and activities consistently across an organisation. In the earlier KM literature KM Champions were envisaged as senior level activists promoting KM at a strategic level. Very little guidance exists
Chief knowledge officer (CKO) provides leadership
Abstract: The chief knowledge officer (CKO) provides leadership as a technologist and as a shaper of organizational culture and information exchange. Through a review of the literature, the CKO role is explored by comparing and contrasting five sources. As more and more organizations use competency models to select, evaluate and develop their knowledge manager,