The third type of knowledge professional I’ve identified is the organizational or corporate knowledge strategist, the employee whose work is that generally thought of as the management of knowledge services. With knowledge services usually defined – as noted in earlier posts on this subject – as the convergence of information management, KM, and strategic learning, or, perhaps better …
Knowledge Workers in the New Environment (3)
In the August 29th SMR post we gave attention to knowledge workers, a first “category” for people working in the knowledge domain. Another category is that of strategic knowledge professionals. These are knowledge development/knowledge sharing (KD/KS) employees often thought of as a company’s “information professionals,” “content professionals,” “IT specialists,” “information managers,” or any of the myriad new titles …
A Code of Ethics for Archives Management
Coincidentally with recent comments on KM/knowledge services and archives management (SMR Int’l posts for September 18, 19, and 20), Paul Morris in New York (p.morris54@gmail.com) has prepared a thoughtful essay on an enforceable code of ethics for archives and archivists. Morris introduces his paper – An Enforceable Code of Ethics: Why Archivists Should be Demanding One …
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 …
