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Why Knowledge Management Didn’t Save General Motors: Addressing Complex Issues By Convening Conversation

Conversation Matters

GM was brought down by a flawed strategy, but an organization’s strategy is clearly a product of the knowledge that exists within its walls. The knowledge existed within GM to develop a more competitive strategy. The knowledge management task is to bring together the collective knowledge of the organization to bear on complex issues.

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Leveraging Collective Knowledge: NASA’s Constellation Program

Conversation Matters

NASA has been working on Constellation, the human space flight program that was to replace the Shuttle, for 5 years now, at a cost of 9 Billion dollars – so saving that knowledge is. On February 1, 2010 the Obama administration announced the cancelation of Constellation. I was blown away by the diversity of ideas on frameworks.”.

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Social Media in HR Summit, Dublin, Ireland ~ HR to HR 2.0 and.

Strategic HCM

Fleming Europes premiere cross-industry HR event is aimed at Senior Executives responsible for Talent, Recruiting, Knowledge Management, Employee Engagement and Learning as well as Communication Executives responsible for Employer Branding, Internal Communication and Social Media. ► 2010. ► August. (7). ► 2009.