From Knowledge Management to Knowledge Corporation

摘要

From an individual to organizations there has been a surge of interest in knowledge management, though it becomes more valuable when it is tied to an enterprise-wide strategy. Developing appropriate strategies for enterprise-wide knowledge management initiatives requires a clear understanding of the needs of an organization from a variety of perspectives that could be business imperatives, organizational culture and of course information technology. It is essential for an organization or an enterprise to know its core competencies and have a deep understanding of how it creates value for its customers. Failure to do this means we are complicating the existing problems by putting a layer of knowledge management on top of existing inefficiencies. Though knowledge is not a tangible asset but today it has become a part of the product commodity and unlike other resources that get depleted with use and follow the law of diminishing returns, the knowledge bank gets constantly renewed and enriched with use by knowledge workers.rnKnowledge Management has enabled many organizations of worldwide repute to comprehensively change their approach, both towards internal employee community and external stakeholders. Today many multinationals are focusing on the task of building the organizational memory. All global corporations are now appointing Chief Knowledge Officers (CKOs) and evaluating methods to derive competitive advantage through knowledge management, and it is expected that in the days to come the CKOs might supercede the position of CEOs in reputed organizations.rnIn this paper a practical framework and methodologies that are easy to understand, usable and provide a practical approach to implement knowledge management in any organization is discussed. Problems like identifying the sources of knowledge that exist within the organization and significance of sharing and disseminating knowledge across the enterprise to establish a Knowledge Corporation are also reviewed. Enter abstract not more than 200 words.