Knowledge Management

ASLIB - The Association for Information Management
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Knowledge Management is a key concept framework for organisations that wish to achieve higher levels of cohesion and performance. It develops from the premise that all action is determined by decisions and that the quality of decision making is a direct function of the knowledge that is applied to it. Knowledge management is the broad term to describe a wide range of initiatives that help managers to understand and improve the application of knowledge to decisions. In a recent, but as yet unpublished report, the author refers to Knowledge Management as ’enhancing our capacity to act’.

How does it differ from Information Management?
Knowledge Management is the broader term as it recognises the inter-connected nature of people (tactic knowledge), processes and information in organsational activity. Information Management is an important component of Knowledge Management but must be seen and understood in the broader context.

How do you implement Knowledge Management?
There are a number of key criteria for success, starting with the support and commitment of top management and including a willingness to appraise and probably change the culture of the organisation. Initiatives must also be related to business objectives. Specific projects include the development of Knowledge Directories such as so called "Yellow Pages", the encouragement of personal learning through competency planning, virtual teams, the development of communities of practice, the "soft" balance sheet to articulate the knowledge capability - and many more.

Why you should attend:
There are three key skills associated with every Knowledge Initiative: HR (the human dimension must always be understood), IS (to ensure the enabling technology is in place) and Information Sciences - to ensure that the information is acquired, organised and retrieved in an effective manner. The information professional therefore has key skills to contribute but they will clearly need to be applied in collaboration. In order to play a full and active part in this approach, the information professional needs to understand the new thinking associated with knowledge management and be prepared to contribute. Those who do so with commitment and enthusiasm will find themselves drawn into more significant and critical areas of business management than had been previously possible.

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Phone:+44 (0) 20 7613 3031

School Address:

Aslib, The Association for Information Management
Holywell Centre
1 Phipp Street
London
EC2A 4PS
United Kingdom

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Management and Leadership Skills
Digital Rights Management
Effective Techniques in Desk Research
Electronic Serials Management
Enquiry Handling
European Union Information
Finding Digital Information
Information Architecture
Records Management
Knowledge Architecture
Knowledge Mapping
Legal Information: EU
Legal Information: UK
Metadata
Organising Digital Information and Knowledge
Presentation Skills
Producing your own Web Pages
Project Management
Records Survey

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