Volume 04 Issue 4 of Journal Of Knowledge Management
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Table of contents follows :-
Title: Strategies for implementing knowledge management: role of human
resources management
Author: Fawzy Soliman,Keri Spooner
Pages: 337-345
Keywords: HRM,Knowledge management,Knowledge bases
Article Type: Theoretical with worked example
Quality Indicators: Research - ** Practice - ** Originality - **
Readability - **
Title: Key challenges in the search for the effective management of
knowledge in management consulting firms
Author: Richard Dunford
Pages: 295-302
Keywords: Competitive advantage,Consultancy,Knowledge management
Article Type: Technical
Quality Indicators: Research - ** Practice - ** Originality - **
Readability - **
Title: A characterisation of corporate memory as a knowledge system
Author: Ronald C. Beckett
Pages: 311-319
Keywords: Corporate strategy,Knowledge workers,Learning
Article Type: Theoretical with worked example
Quality Indicators: Research - ** Practice - ** Originality - **
Readability - **
Title: A two-stage process for eliciting and prioritising critical
knowledge
Author: Kenneth J. Preiss
Pages: 328-336
Keywords: Knowledge economy,Performance criteria, Knowledge creation
Article Type: Theoretical with application in practice
Quality Indicators: Research - ** Practice - ** Originality - **
Readability - **
Title: Designing a knowledge management performance framework
Author: Jinette de Gooijer
Pages: 303-310
Keywords: Knowledge management,Performance,Behaviour, Framework,Measurement
Article Type: Theoretical with worked example
Quality Indicators: Research - ** Practice - ** Originality - **
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Title: Knowledge capabilities as the focus of organisational development
and strategy
Author: Ross Dawson [Chief Executive Officer at Advanced Human Technologies
Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia]
Knowledge organisations perform knowledge processes, using their primary
resources of intellectual capital, and their key input of information. Their
effectiveness in performing these processes depends on their knowledge
capabilities. In most cases these capabilities must be highly dynamic in
order to respond to the changing environment of the organisation and
resulting evolution of the required core knowledge processes of the
organisation. All organisational development must be centred around
developing those dynamic knowledge capabilities on an ongoing basis. The
strategic capabilities of an organisation depend on its ability to process
rapidly changing information and perspectives on the organisation and its
business environment, so these are in fact high-order knowledge
capabilities. The development of organisational knowledge capabilities can
be addressed most completely by considering the four fields of individual
technology, organisational technology, individual skills and behaviours, and
organisational skills and behaviours.
Pages: 320-327
Keywords: Knowledge management,Strategy, Organizational development
Article Type: Theoretical with worked example
Quality Indicators: Research - ** Practice - ** Originality - **
Readability - **
Title: Application of knowledge management for hazard analysis in the
Australian dairy industry
Author: Fawzy Soliman
Pages: 287-294
Keywords: Knowledge management,Knowledge-based systems
Article Type: Technical
Quality Indicators: Research - * Practice - * Originality - *
Readability - *
Title: Knowledge work and the new demands of learning
Author: John Garrick [Senior Lecturer in Adult Education at the School of
Management, in the Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney,
Australia],Stewart Clegg [Professor of Management at the School of
Management, in the Faculty of Business, University of Technology, Sydney,
Australia]
The idea of knowledge work has been around for some time. Mintzberg spoke
about "knowledge intensive firms" outlining differences between knowledge
intensive organizations and professional bureaucracies. A professional
bureaucracy, for instance, typically relies on standardized knowledge,
skills and routines, relying on typical professional features: codification,
strong and clearly defined professional associations and codes of ethics. In
the past professional identities have been shaped by (at least) symbolic
association with such features. With sweeping changes to professional life
and organization, many "knowledge workers" no longer belong to any of the
traditional disciplinary professions. Cross-disciplinary approaches are
often now in favour and the symbolism that might have once reinforced
professional identity has all-but been replaced by the new competencies
required in the high-tech era: extensive communication, problem-solving and
coordination skills. The labour market is not stable and, as Mintzberg aptly
put it, "knowledge intensity" has become a premium product.
Pages: 279-286
Keywords: Knowledge management,Learning,Intellectual capital,Intangible
assets
Article Type: Literature review,Wholly Theoretical
Quality Indicators: Research - * Practice - * Originality - *
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Title: Knowledge management in resource-based competitive environments: a
roadmap for building learning organizations
Author: Willem Selen [Professor of Operations Management, Vesalius
College-Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium and School of
Business-James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Australia]
Today's competitive focus manifests itself with the strategic management of
unique operational resources that impact the rules of competition, rather
than a market-based view where the firm follows the rules dictated by
markets. Knowledge management becomes hereby a vital prerequisite. This
paper suggests a roadmap for building a learning organization in a
resource-competitive environment, based on previous research, and highlights
the knowledge management issues involved along the way. A number of learning
issues from this process are addressed as well. Combined, they form the
basis for constructing agile learning environments, linked to tangible
performance criteria and strategic objectives.
Pages: 346-353
Keywords: Knowledge management,Learning organizations,
Resources,Operations,Performance measurement
Article Type: Literature review,Theoretical with worked example
Quality Indicators: Research - * Practice - ** Originality - *
Readability - *
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