Introduction Market intelligence supports that a large percentage of organizations actively engaged with knowledge management (KM) have a dilemma in identifying the value generated (positive, negative or neutral) to enterprise productivity and profitability. This condition, for the most part, results from a lack of structured and down-to-earth approaches, methods, and Read more…
Introduction A critical challenge of Knowledge Management (KM), from its introduction into the business lexicon, has been the dilemma of how to successfully capture, leverage and exploit tacit knowledge represented by human experience and insights. Tacit knowledge is generally defined as “know-how” — versus “know-what” (facts), “know-why” (science), or “know-who” Read more…
This article is one of a series of Knowledge Compass presentations that highlight insightful and pointed quotations of influential authors, thinkers, philosophers, and others that have influenced culture, business, and world events over the years in both modern and ancient times. A Quotation is the repetition of someone else’s statement Read more…
The challenges to improve the effectiveness of business processing are placing renewed focus on organizing and homogenizing critical content into a structured ecosystem. In response, many organizations are embarking on developing enterprise content strategies and infrastructures with focus on people, processes, and technology in alignment with enterprise business and technology Read more…
Introduction Taxonomies are emerging from the boondocks of biology, library science, and book indexing into a dynamic knowledge-centric world. In this environment, taxonomies are being viewed potentially as the ‘silver bullet’ that will help knowledge workers find the needle in the (digital) haystack, reduce “friction” in electronic commerce, facilitate scientific Read more…
Introduction A knowledge audit is a qualitative appraisal and examination of the enterprise’s knowledge ‘health.’ It is about determining the understanding (and actionable information) required to enable the competitive success of the business within its targeted markets. Knowledge audits generally include assessment of vital organizational components, including: Mission-critical knowledge assets Read more…