Knowledge Management

Knowledge

Management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or 5/7/12 practice.

Such

Two Kinds of Knowledge

Knowledge is intangible, dynamic, and difficult to measure, but without it no organization can survive.
Tacit: or unarticulated knowledge is more

personal, experiential, context specific, and hard to formalize; is difficult to communicate or share with others; and is generally in the heads of individuals and teams.
Explicit: explicit knowledge can easily be

written down and codified.

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Organizational Knowledge: Why Is It Important?

Knowledge can be embedded in processes,

products, systems, and controls

Knowledge can be accessed as it is needed

from sources inside or outside the firm

It is versatile and can be transferred

formally, through training, or informally, by way of workplace socialization

It is the essence of the competitive edge!
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Benefits & Issues of knowledge management

Some of the advantages claimed for

KM systems are:
Sharing of valuable organizational

information throughout organizational hierarchy.

Can avoid re-inventing the wheel,

reducing redundant work.

May reduce training time for new

employees

Retention of Intellectual Property after

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Types of KM
Descriptive knowledge Procedural knowledge Reasoning knowledge Presentation knowledge Linguistic knowledge Assimilative knowledge

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Implementation Plan
According

wiki Directing Technology "Technology implementation starts at the inception of the planning development strategy. are two distinct types of technology implementation: implementing developed technology and implementing developing technology projects.
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Implementation Plancontd..
Implementation of your technology plan

will be the most complicated and time consuming part of the process.
It is important to allow yourself at least

one year before the actual implementation starting day to make all the necessary arrangements.
Your plans will depend on many things

including the size of your district, status of your existing technology program, 5/7/12 skill set of your teachers and

Progress
The progress of the project should be

documented in writing and communicated to all persons involved. A good checklist should be developed to organize the associated details.
A sample checklist:
Describe goals & objectives (as outlined

in the Technology Plan)

Identify participants roles and 5/7/12

Identify impacts Design methods to deal with impacts Identify resources needed and available Identify the completion date desired Identify the constraints Break the implementation into steps Identify milestones / decision points Design project paths Design tracking methods
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