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Knowledge Management Benefits: How Knowledge Management Helps Teams

Jostle

Every business desires knowledgeable people in their books—that is obvious. What perhaps isn’t as obvious is how easy it is to get more knowledgeable people on your team.

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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

Following are summaries of three such, highly acclaimed, books that have recently been published. They are: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy , 2012, by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Organizational Learning. Critical Knowledge Transfer.

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The Three Eras of Knowledge Management - Summary

Conversation Matters

I have posted lengthy descriptions of each of the three eras of knowledge management and here I have made a brief summary of all three. Since the term “knowledge management” came into popular usage, there have been three significant changes in how organizations have thought about their knowledge.

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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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Three Books Every KM Professional Should Read

Conversation Matters

Following are summaries of three such, highly acclaimed, books that have recently been published. They are: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy , 2012, by Amy Edmondson, a Harvard Professor of Organizational Learning. Critical Knowledge Transfer.

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Get Ready For the Brain Drain [infographic] – Friday Distraction

HR Bartender

That’s why we have to think knowledge management (KM). Knowledge management isn’t just for large organizations. And they will want that knowledge. I really liked the sample forms in the book that offer ways to list knowledge sources and confirm knowledge transfer. The result?

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Knowledge Management: Where We've Been and Where We're Going - Part Two

Conversation Matters

In this series I‘ve classified the evolving landscape of knowledge management into three categories. The first category is leveraging explicit knowledge and is about capturing documented knowledge and building it into a collection - connecting people to content. Tags: Knowledge Management Strategies.