One More time: What is Knowledge management?

After reading this paper, I was thinking that in organization, we have knowledge Transfer sessions. This session happens when a person leave the job and transfer all the information that he or she was working on to replaced employee. I am think is it really Knowledge Transfer session? Should we call it as knowledge Transfer? I will ask this question in class.

The Future of Knowledge

After reading this article, I came to know very interesting fact that the fundamental of Knowledge management doesn't reside in storing or capturing Knowledge into database. Rather it is connecting people with experts from inside and outside the organization. You should know who to approach.

Ten Principals for Knowledge Management Success

The Ten Principals for Knowledge management success are as follow:
1. Knowledge management is a discipline.
2. One champion is not enough.
3. Cultural change isn't automatic.
4. Create a change management plan.
5. Stay strategic.
6. Pick a topic, go in-depth, keep it current.
7. Don't get hung up on the limitations.
8. Set expectations or risk extinction.
9. Integrate KM into existing systems.
10. Educate your self-service users.

I would also include one more principle to this. I am not whether it would fit in above principals or not. Please suggest me if it is wrong.

11. Have collaborative and open discussion environment.

Commencement Address by Steve Jobs at Standford University

I read Steve's commencement and found it really interesting. I think he really trusted himself throught his life that is what he did, and how he did. He did what he said that one should follow his or her heart. He followed his heart throught his life. I really like his this paragraph. I don't want to summarize it because it will lose it's heart (central idea). Therefore, I am pasting it from the site http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html. Here is that paragrapph which really touched me.
"Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

I was really shocked when I read that he had cancer. Fortunately, some pancreas cancer is curable and he had one of those cancer.

I would say that he has great positive attitude towards everything that he does.

IS 456: Knowledge Management System

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