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Building the Knowledge Culture

Starting KM in Your Organization: Here’s Your Strategic Road Map (Second Stop: Define Your Terms)

Guy St. Clair

The question we’re exploring: If you were given the task of starting KM in your organization, how would you begin? Let’s continue with our strategic road map: When you’re looking to bring KM into the company, it’s critically important that everyone use the same language. You and your colleagues must understand the terms in the same way. So before you get too far along, give some attention to what you’re talking about. For example, what is your role in the company? You probably already have a title, and are part of a functional unit or department, but what do you do? How…
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Invitation to Information Session: Columbia University’s New Graduate Program in Information and Knowledge Strategy

Guy St. Clair

A recent post described Columbia University’s new Master of Science in Information and Knowledge Strategy, designed to teach knowledge management (KM), knowledge services, and knowledge strategy development skills to knowledge workers. On Thursday, March 24,  interested professionals in the New York metropolitan area (or who might be visiting in New York) are invited to learn more about the program at an information session at Columbia. The meeting is at the Columbia University Faculty House, beginning at 6.30 pm. To RSVP, click here and click on the RSVP button. The particular goal of Columbia’s new M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy…
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New Graduate Program in Information and Knowledge Strategy

Guy St. Clair

For many knowledge professionals, corporate knowledge strategy and strengthening the connection between knowledge strategy and the organization’s business strategy are important subjects. Taking the subject to a new level, Columbia University in New York has just announced a graduate degree in this area. The Columbia University M.S. in Information and Knowledge Strategy is a sixteen month integrated program taught in a hybrid in-class and online format, framed by three short residencies on the Columbia University campus in New York City. Particularly attractive for mid-career individuals looking for new challenges, the program is ideal for people who want to expand or extend…
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