http://www.ebizlib.com/ Daily digest of an Internet Consultant en 2008-07-24T13:35:43+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/knol_a_unit_of_knowledge_from_google-archive.html  [KM Consulting] I am now far more motivated, enthused and committed to continually extending and improving KNOL articles and contribute more, starting with some links to more inclusive approaches to knowledge management, new perspectives on knowledge asset management, the inevitable drive to more open source knowledge, and the impact of rapidly emerging knowledge tools to support new and disruptively innovative knowledge processes, that will take us all to the next level of knowledge management. The Semantic Web 3.0 is just one example of this.

]]> Knowledge admin 2008-07-24T13:35:43+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/knowledge_management_and_web_20-archive.html  [KM Space] On Wednesday, I gave a presentation to the New York City regional group of International Legal Technology Association, on Knowledge Management and Web 2.0. It was a great crowd, full of questions and thoughts.

]]> Web admin 2008-07-24T13:35:24+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/has_km_died_and_resurrected_as_social_computing-archive.html  [Library clips] I don’t need to go back to university and study knowledge management from textbooks when I learn about it everyday in the blogosphere. In fact I bet I would be frustrated and want to take the class, sure the teacher may know the history .

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-22T13:37:33+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/enterprise_20_what_why_and_knowledge_management-archive.html  [Word of Pie] Too much information can be a problem.  Information needs to be transformed into knowledge.  With structured data, this can be done through reports and business intelligence tools.  With unstructured data, aka CONTENT, this is best done by people tagging and collecting.  As search technology matures, it will be able to do this for us, at least better than it does now.  This is an old-fashioned Knowledge Management goal.

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-22T13:36:56+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/google_and_knowledge_management-archive.html  [talk-share-learn] and as appearing in this Video proposed by Adrian Pike, Google is getting closer and closer to amplifying its core activities, the Search, with some Knowledge management flavour. Google screenshot.

]]> Google admin 2008-07-19T13:34:10+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/re_knowledge_auditing-archive.html [Business and Management forum] Learning about knowledge management should allow me to understand better the needs of my organisation, those that work in my organisation, those that are in some way influenced by my organisation (stakeholders). I am keen to do a good job, but more importantly I am keen to be able to optimise an organisations knowledge management system and would like to have a ”˜box of tools’ available to me to assist me in this interest.

]]> Knowledge admin 2008-07-19T13:33:49+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/a_review_of_metrics_for_knowledge_management_systems_and_knowledge_-archive.html [2collab public bookmarks] Metrics are essential for the advancement of research and practice in an area. In knowledge management (KM), the process of measurement and development of metrics is made complex by the intangible nature of the knowledge asset.

]]> Knowledge admin 2008-07-17T13:36:27+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/km_communities_influencing_km_adoption_patience_to_develop_-archive.html [Weekly Knowledge Management blog by Stan Garfield] SHAM Discussion Group, Fred Nickols, Creatively Encouraging User Adoption, Government KM Community, KAM, Levity Effect

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-17T13:35:48+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/beyond_knowledge_management_2-archive.html  [Knowledges Interchange] However, we shall argue, a more important kind of knowledge is tacit knowledge, which is hard to articulate with formal language. It is personal knowledge embedded in individual experience and involves intangible factors such as personal belief, perspectives, and the value system.

]]> Knowledge admin 2008-07-15T13:37:35+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/an_essay_on_knowledge_management-archive.html [A1essays] KM is very difficult mechanism to define that academicians and practitioners take it differently, depending on their interests and disciplines. However, to establish a firm ground to stand on, we would define KM, according to Information Management Journal (2000), as “an interdisciplinary field that is concerned with systematic, effective management and utilization of an organization’s knowledge resources.” To simplify what KM is better, let us use the metaphor made by Meredith Levinson (2008).

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-15T13:36:53+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/knowledge_management_and_web_20_technologies-archive.html  [KM Space] Blogs, wikis and social networking are exploding in the consumer Web space. This session will discuss ways to leverage these tools inside the law firm for knowledge management, project management and many other purposes.

]]> Web admin 2008-07-12T13:34:26+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/looking_ahead_-archive.html  [Thoughts on Knowledge Management, and the future of business ...] The basic concept of this paradigm being the "democratization" of knowledge creation, dissemination, and absorption. In other words, anyone today can write a blog, create knowledge, disseminate it, and anyone can read anyone's blog, interact with the blog (through RSS Feeds, and Comments), and absorb what the author of the blog is saying (simplistic example).

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-12T13:33:40+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/social_involvement-archive.html  [Knowledge Management: Managing in an era of knowledge] Two management tools can help here to open people hearts: One, giving the employees means to influence the process and take an active part in it; let them choose to whom to donate, let them choose how to contribute, etc..

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-10T13:34:40+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/km_leader_job_description_selling_km_face_to_face_dead_km_-archive.html [Weekly Knowledge Management blog by Stan Garfield] A fascinating, robust and sometimes sharp discussion with Larry Prusak and Dave Snowden on the topic “Is Knowledge Management Dead?” They think that KM as a field has been irredeemably corrupted by the many false plays and hijacks it has been subjected to, while I still have hope. Watch the podcast for the full story, and a million thanks to Larry and Dave for a great conversation.

]]> Entry admin 2008-07-10T13:33:30+00:00 http://www.ebizlib.com/make_blogging_mandatory_for_knowledge_management-archive.html  [KM Space] Mary Abraham of Above and Beyond KM calls it Knowledge Management Made Easier and points to a story by Tim Leberecht: The Writing Organization: Knowledge Management Made Easy. Mary seems to think mandatory blogging would be a good idea.

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