For knowledge workers, being involved – either by choice or assignment – in the development of knowledge strategy is a rare opportunity. And a great way to strengthen (and then apply) knowledge management/knowledge services skills. Whether working on corporate knowledge strategy or trying to develop knowledge strategy for one or more business units, dealing with strategic …
Archives for September 2010
KM/Knowledge Services in the Academic/Research Environment
KM/Knowledge Services: The Future of Academic Knowledge Sharing is Now was the title of Guy St. Clair’s keynote address for Egerton University’s 5th Research Week and International Conference. The conference took place on 22nd – 24th September 2010 at Njoro (nr. Nakuru) Kenya at the university’s Agriculture Resources Center. 2010 marks the 71st anniversary of Egerton …
KM/Knowledge Services & Archives: Results & Rewards
If the KM/knowledge services/archives connection is going to make sense (and perform as the critical element of enterprise management it is expected to be), we have to go back to the “why.” What’s the reason behind a knowledge strategy that includes archives management? What are organizational expectations with respect to legacy content? Management expectations? Four …
KM/Knowledge Services & Archives: Get Practical
There are five critical issues we need to think about in making the KM/knowledge services/archives connection: figuring out what you need, identifying who’s responsible, developing a strategy, developing solutions, and implementation. Now we must identify the steps we take to make that connection practical. Those of us who work in this field use the tagline …
KM/Knowledge Services & Archives: Make the Connection
Knowledge services converges information management, knowledge management (KM), and strategic learning. Archives management is that branch of knowledge services dealing with an organization’s collection of historical records, usually materials selected for permanent or long-time preservation and expected to be of some value at some later time in history or, in some cases, simply to preserve …