Knowledge Management
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KNOWLEDGE
• Concepts, experience, and insight that provide a
framework for creating, evaluating, and using
information.
WISDOM
KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION
DATA
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE
• Explicit knowledge: It is the visible knowledge
available in the form of letters, reports, memos,
literatures, etc. Explicit knowledge can be embedded
in objects, rules, systems, methods etc.
• Tacit knowledge: It is highly invisible and confined in
the mind of a person. It is hard to formalize and
therefore, difficult to communicate to others.
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
• Knowledge Management is the systematic
management of vital knowledge and its
associated processes of creation, organization,
diffusion, use and exploitation.
- David Skyrme
KM PROCESS
o Asset Utilization
o Knowledge Evaluation
o Knowledge Improvement
o Knowledge Accumulation
o Knowledge Generation
o Knowledge Sharing
o Knowledge Protection
KM CYCLE
Capture
Create
Refine
Knowledge
Store
Disseminate
Manage
NEED OF KM
• Increasing competitiveness of the markets
• Reductions in staffing
• Less time to experience/acquire knowledge
• Early retirements
• Increasing mobility of the workforce
• Changes in strategic direction
Three Pillars of Knowledge
Management
• Technology
• Process
• People
Knowledge Management Systems
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
KMSs are computer-based information systems that
can help an enterprise acquire, manage, retain,
analyze, and retrieve mission-critical information.
Benefits Of KMS
Sharing valuable information
Reduce redundant work
Reduce training time for newcomers
Retention of Intellectual Property
3 major types of Knowledge
Management Systems
o Enterprise-wide knowledge management
systems
o Knowledge Work Systems
o Intelligent techniques
Enterprise-wide knowledge
management systems
Enterprise-wide knowledge management
Systems General purpose, Integrated, Firm Wide
Efforts to collect, store, disseminate and use
digital content and knowledge
Examples of Enterprise-wide knowledge
management systems
Structured knowledge
Semi structured knowledge
Knowledge repository
Knowledge network
Knowledge Work Systems
Knowledge Work Systems Specialized
workstations and systems that enable
scientists, engineers and other knowledge
workers to create and discover new
knowledge.
Examples of knowledge work
systems
o Computer-aided Design (CAD)/Computer-
aided Manufacturing (CAM)
o Virtual reality systems
o Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
Investment workstations
Knowledge Workers & knowledge
work3 key roles:
Keeping the organization current in
knowledge as it develops in the external
world-in technology, science, social thought,
and the arts.
Serving as integral consultants regarding the
areas of their knowledge, the changes taking
place and opportunities
Acting as change agents, evaluating, initiating
and promoting change projects.
Requirements of knowledge work
systems
SOFTWARE
Graphics -> Visualization
External Modeling -> Simulation
knowledge Document management
Base Communication
User interface
Hardware platform: Knowledge workstation
Intelligent Techniques
Intelligent techniques Tools for discovering
patterns and applying knowledge to discrete
decisions and knowledge domains
Examples of Intelligent techniques
Organizational intelligence
Case-based reasoning
Fuzzy logic systems
Neural networks
Genetic algorithms
Hybrid AI systems
Intelligent agents
Management issues and problems
raised by knowledge management
systems
1. Information Overload
2. Get Employees onboard
3. KM requires ongoing maintenance
4. Measure ROI during initial implementation
*ROI = Return On Investment
How to Obtain Value from
Knowledge Management Systems?
o Develop in stages
o Choose a high-value business process
o Choose the right audience
o Measure ROI during initial implementation
o Use the preliminary ROI to predict
Enterprise wide values
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