Four key steps ensure success in culture change with respect to KM/Knowledge Services: a formalized strategic learning functional unit in the organization, ongoing opportunities for awareness-raising about the value of KM/Knowledge Services, senior management sponsorship for KM/Knowledge Services, and structured succession planning to ensure that knowledge is shared and available after employees leave a position.
Save the date: Saturday, June 12, 2010 – New Orleans, LA USA The course: KMKS12. The Knowledge Director: Competencies and Skills Learn what’s expected of you in your role as KM/Knowledge Services Director for the organization. This course defines the responsibilities of the organization’s knowledge thought leader/corporate spokesperson and provides a description of organizational duties and [...]
The third edition of Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, Editor(s): Marcia J. Bates, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Mary Niles Maack, University of California, Los Angeles, USA has been announced, with an article on the Special Libraries Association (SLA) written by three members of the association. Co-Author Guy St. Clair is the President and Consulting Specialist in Knowledge [...]
There is no single approach to knowledge strategy development, and in this particular discipline in the KM/knowledge services arena, there is no such thing as “one size fits all.” Every institution and every functional unit has its own way of dealing with knowledge. The trick is to dig deep enough to find out how the knowledge is to dealt with.
Is it possible to apply KM/knowledge services principles and philosophies in every type of workplace? In every kind of subject specialization? Discipline? How does KM/knowledge services vary in different environments?
UN-HABITAT’s World Urban Forum 5 launches a knowledge networking model that shows promise for many organizations – regardless of type or subject discipline – as they seek to achieve organizational effectiveness.
Learn how John Cotton Dana was defining knowledge services when he founded the Special Libraries Association
Ten thoughts for specialist librarians as they think about the future of their profession.
Now that KM/knowledge services has made its way into the corporate management lexicon, developing an enterprise-wide knowledge strategy becomes the next step.
It is gratifying to see the influence of KM/knowledge services in the larger management picture.
SMR International is a New York-based management consulting firm focused on change and its impact on people, organizational effectiveness, and knowledge services delivery within the larger enterprise. Through consultancy advisory services, learning and training programs, and publications, SMR International helps institutions and organizations explore alternative future programs and then assists in crafting these visions into functional definition. Learn more at About SMR International.
