A Model and
Methodology to Knowledge Auditing Considering Core Processes
-- Alonso
Perez-Soltero, Mario Barcelo-Valenzuela, Gerardo Sanchez-Schmitz, Fernando Martin-Rubio,
Jose Tomas Palma-Mendez and Adolfo Alberto Vanti
This
paper proposes a model and a knowledge audit methodology, which have been developed
by focusing on the core processes approach. Organizational and knowledge management
criteria are considered to select the core processes to be audited. The model
proposes an organizational knowledge auditing, which additionally allows reusing
the audit outcomes when a technological solution is needed to improve knowledge
management in organizations. The proposed knowledge audit methodology contains
ten stages. The application of this strategy cyclically will be an efficient tactic
to audit the key knowledge within an organization and detect some opportunities
to make immediate improvements. After implementing this methodology in its entirety,
it will be possible to know if the organization has valuable assets, knowledge
flow and adequate organizational atmosphere to carry out knowledge management
initiatives.
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Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness of Knowledge Exchange between Knowledge
Workers
-- S
J Overbeek
Information
technology is increasingly influencing the way we work and live. Contemporary
businesses demonstrate significant concerns on how increasing amounts of available
information can be converted into knowledge. An increasing need for new knowledge
concerning the development of new services which an organization offers to the
customers in order to be competitive in the market is but an example of how important
dissemination of knowledge within organizations is. The growth in the relative
size of people working in the knowledge economy stresses this development. The
research discussed in this paper focuses on improving the efficiency and effectiveness
of knowledge exchange between knowledge workers by means of automated support
so that dissemination of knowledge within organizations improves.
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Web
Resources Extraction System: Its Application in Enhancing Knowledge Acquisition
Online
-- Juhana Salim, Sharhida Zawani Saad, Mohd Shahizan Othman,
Yazrina
Yahya and Lizawati Mi Yusuf
The
web resource extraction system is a software, which is a combination of system
components or entities, database and web environment. It has been developed to
enhance the input of business and companies' information into the Business Knowledge
Engineering System (BKES). BKES involves the development of a business directory
and Search Engine, using the Information Extraction (IE) software. The main purpose
of this method is to transfer all needed web contents or information to one structured
format. This system is developed to structure or integrate business information
or web documents in one database, in order to allow easy and effective business
search and other specific search techniques. The system is developed to allow
users to search or browse business and company information or websites more precisely
and effectively to meet business information needs. The retrieval modules or search
techniques provided include business directory (companies and products listing),
query-based search module, and business search based on user's option/scoped search
module. This web extraction software enhances more precisely an effective search
for business knowledge through the internet by providing various search options,
such as—scoped/specific search, phrase query, directory of company, products
and services and gateway to business online resources. Evidently, this web information
resource extraction software that has been used in the development of BKES helped
enhance business knowledge acquisition online more effectively. Since the web
resource extraction system has been tested and found useful in structuring business
web resources to enhance business research online, the system was also tested
in bioinformatics and environment information applications. This system can also
be applied to structure web documents in any other field, thereby supporting knowledge
acquisition online.
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Knowledge
Management in Dynamic Supply Chains of SMEs
-- Josep Capó-Vicedo, José
V Tomás-Miquel and Manuel Expósito-Langa
Knowledge
generation and sharing in supply chains is viewed as an essential source of competitive
advantage. The real added value will depend on the capabilities of the people
involved. These agents should be adaptable and innovative to provide solutions
to the specific circumstances of each specific project. This paper analyzes the
present-day situation of supply chains of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
A new organizational form should be developed to make the creation, transfer and
sharing of knowledge possible in a supply chain of SMEs. In this context, the
authors propose a network functioning model.
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Critical
Success Factors for Implementation of Knowledge Management
-- R
Sujatha
Knowledge
management is a key differentiator in the highly competitive business world of
today. Organizations have knowledge distributed across people, technologies, and
organizational practices. They need to manage effectively the knowledge they have
and also acquire new knowledge that will enable them to stay competitive in the
market place. Little wonder then, knowledge management is fast emerging as a core
strategy, that organizations worldwide are adopting to manage and leverage organizational
knowledge for sustainable business advantage. However, the implementation of knowledge
management initiatives cannot be easily accomplished in an organization. There
is a need for better understanding of the `nuts and bolts' of the implementation
of knowledge management projects. This paper highlights the barriers and challenges
that come up while managing knowledge. It reviews the current literature on knowledge
management, paying particular attention to factors which are critical to the implementation
of knowledge management projects in organizations.
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Facilitating
Global Knowledge Flows: Experience of Siemens ShareNet
-- Swati
Raman and Sourabh Bhattacharya
In
an era when knowledge has become one sure source of global competitive advantage,
companies are scrambling for ways to link and leverage this knowledge among their
globally distributed subsidiaries. In such a scenario, knowledge transfer or knowledge
sharing is one vital phenomenon which is drawing the attention of practitioners
as well as academicians. This paper intends to unravel the complexities associated
with the dynamic and ongoing process that facilitates the transfer and assimilation
of knowledge. It relies on intense literature survey and qualitative analysis
based on a detailed case study of the knowledge sharing networks created by Siemens,
which is one of the most widely acclaimed companies for best practice knowledge
management systems. The paper delves into the various aspects of knowledge networking,
ranging from the key drivers and major concerns for designing and implementing
these systems to the various strategies which make this arduous task possible.
It intends to carve out valuable insights for organizations that are looking forward
for ways to link and leverage their knowledge assets distributed on a global scale.
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