[KM-Forum] Is KM well developed subject?

Sat Apr 1 12:29:52 IST 2006

Hi Kavitha,
  Dead are those about which we normally don't speak or just remember for an occasion, but see how many replies you are getting on your questions so promptly, this means KM is forever like sharing knowledge on interest areas.
Lot has been talked about KM since its inception in 90's and loads of KM conferences and call for paper you can still find. This field is like the way you take it and people who are very serious with proper KM policy and strategies are now best practice organization for others. Initially it might be difficult to understand but KM can play wonders for years to come if you start implementing today so its all about patient and time consuming t show its results. With strong Technology, process and people support you can achieve your MAKE award soon :) .
  I feel the best resource for KM are many but most rich contents are from ibm research journals, APQC, nlhs, inderscience journals, emerald journals etc.
  Thanking you!
  regards
  Jeevan
  Genpact Software

kumar gaurav <kgaurav106 at gmail.com> wrote:
  Kavitha,

Its no fault of yours when you say that Knowldge Managment has borrowed
terminology from various other walks of life... in my views
Knowldge Management is like the ancient language "Sanskrit" which gave
the words to almost every language present in the world but is forgotten in
its orginality .. but that does not mean that its dead.. the only fact
is that currently evolved culture have their short term goals .. and can't
spend time in discovering the golden knowledge written in one of the oldest
known language forms....

the only way to see knowledge management ...is the differentiating fact
that led to evolution of human race.. if it was not for one way or other of
managing knowledge and passing it on .. we would still be living as "apes"
.. and not what you see today as people who want to doubt and start finding
fault with everything....

Egyptian pryamids.. Indian ( ancient schools) .. Japanese pagodas... all
were forms of knowledge management tools... and culture

We today can sit in our executive offices and say that we do not want to
promote knowledge management because we are insecure.. we want to leverage
other people weakness to grow .. but had that been thought in the primitive
mind who discovered Fire .. we might be still living in the age of darkness
and caves...

Its philosophy as ancient as human civilisation.. and corporates who belive
in it had made it possible ...and realised benefits

Kumar
KM Practice Head - Zensar

On 3/31/06, aby antony wrote:
>
> Dear Kavita,
> Do not worry and excited about KM, gradually you will learn about
> Knowledge Management.
>
> Pls find this link it will be helpful to you:
> http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/knowledge_management/km1/km1.asp
> http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/knowledge_management/km1/km1.asp
>
>
> I've attached one good article about KMfollows:
>
> (Source: http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/knowledge_management/km1/world.asp)
>
>
>
> Knowledge management as a conscious discipline would appear to be
> somewhere between five and fifteen years old. It evolved from the thinking
> of academics and pioneers such as Peter Drucker in the 1970s, Karl-Erik
> Sveiby in the late 1980s, and Nonaka and Takeuchi in the 1990s.
> During that time, economic, social and technological changes were
> transforming the way that companies worked. Globalisation emerged and
> brought new opportunities and increased competition. Companies responded by
> downsizing, merging, acquiring, reengineering and outsourcing. Many
> streamlined their workforce and boosted their productivity and their profits
> by using advances in computer and network technology. However their
> successes in doing so came with a price. Many lost company knowledge as they
> grew smaller. And many lost company knowledge as they grew bigger - they no
> longer 'knew what they knew'.
> By the early 1990s a growing body of academics and consultants were
> talking about knowledge management as 'the' new business practice, and it
> began to appear in more and more business journals and on conference
> agendas. By the mid-1990s, it became widely acknowledged that the
> competitive advantage of some of the world's leading companies was being
> carved out from those companies' knowledge assets such as competencies,
> customer relationships and innovations. Managing knowledge therefore
> suddenly became a mainstream business objective as other companies sought to
> follow the market leaders.
> Many of these companies took the approach of implementing 'knowledge
> management solutions', focusing almost entirely on knowledge management
> technologies. However they met with limited success, and so questions began
> to be asked about whether knowledge management wasn't simply another fad
> that looked great on paper, but in reality did not deliver. In fact for a
> while, it looked as if knowledge management was destined to be confined to
> the 'management fad graveyard'. However on closer inspection, companies
> realised that it wasn't the concept of knowledge management that was the
> problem as such, but rather the way that they had gone about approaching it.
> Reasons for their limited success included:
> The focus was on the technology rather than the business and its people.
> There was too much hype - with consultants and technology vendors cashing
> in on the latest management fad.
> Companies spent too much money (usually on 'sexy' technologies) with
> little or no return on their investments.
> Most knowledge management literature was very conceptual and lacking in
> practical advice, which led to frustration at the inability to translate the
> theory into practice - 'it all makes so much sense but why isn't it
> working?'.
> Knowledge management was not tied into business processes and ways of
> working. It was seen as another laborious overhead activity or yet another
> new initiative.
> A lack of incentives - employees quite rightly asked the 'what's in it for
> me?' question.
> There wasn't sufficient senior executive level buy in.
> Fortunately companies are now recognising these early mistakes and are
> beginning to take a different approach to knowledge management - one in
> which the emphasis is more on people, behaviours and ways of working, than
> on technology. Of course there are still some sceptics who believe that
> knowledge management is just a fad. But according to a number of company
> surveys, it would seem that they are in a minority. A more popular view is
> that knowledge management may not remain as a distinct discipline, but
> rather will become embedded in the way organisations work. This can be
> compared to Total Quality Management which was the 'in thing' in the 1980s;
> nobody talks about 'TQM' any more, but many of its principles and practices
> are an integral part of how most organisations operate. It looks likely that
> this could also be the future for knowledge management.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> And then, read Amrit Tiwan's "Knowledge Management Toolkit" for your
> better understanding.
>
>
> rgds,
> abi antony
> consultant-KM
> mailto:abi.antony at renaissance-it.com abi.antony at renaissance-it.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> udaykumar somashekharayya kmath 
> wrote:
> Madam Kavitha,
> Your background says that you have just completed your managenebt
> programme and you have not mentioned from which institute as it makes lot of
> difference when it comes to KM. And you are too immatured to comment on the
> subject as you are still a novice. I advise you to go to British Library and
> lay your hands on some titles on KM. Improvise your basics on KM. No subject
> ever is copied it is developing and people like you and some serious
> thinkers build the framework. Lot of work is being done in this area. I wish
> you all the best in your quest for knowing more about the subject. Excuse me
> if you find me harsh.
> with regards,
> Udaykumar
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 Kavitha A wrote :
> >Dear Member,
> >
> >I am very happy to bea member in this activeforum. I am new to KM field
> and i have completed MBA last year. Now i am working as HR executive in a
> corporate firm. I would like to know more about KM. But as compared to other
> subject like Library and Information Science, Business administration, Human
> Resource and Project Managment , this Knowlegde Management is not well
> developed subject. I feel this is growing subject. Most of the terminology
> is copied from other subject....
> >
> >Is KM is well developed subject? or growing subject?
> >Can you please suggest some reading?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >Regards,
> >Kavi
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Hi Kavitha,
Dead are those about which we normally don't speak or just remember for an occasion, but see how many replies you are getting on your questions so promptly, this means KM is forever like sharing knowledge on interest areas.
Lot has been talked about KM since its inception in 90's and loads of KM conferences and call for paper you can still find. This field is like the way you take it and people who are very serious with proper KM policy and strategies are now best practice organization for others. Initially it might be difficult to understand but KM can play wonders for years to come if you start implementing today so its all about patient and time consuming t show its results. With strong Technology, process and people support you can achieve your MAKE award soon :) .
I feel the best resource for KM are many but most rich contents are from ibm research journals, APQC, nlhs, inderscience journals, emerald journals etc.
Thanking you!
regards
Jeevan
Genpact Software
kumar gaurav <kgaurav106 at gmail.com>
wrote:
Kavitha,
Its no fault of yours when you say that Knowldge Managment has borrowed
terminology from various other walks of life... in my views
Knowldge Management is like the ancient language "Sanskrit" which gave
the words to almost every language present in the world but is forgotten in
its orginality .. but that does not mean that its dead.. the only fact
is that currently evolved culture have their short term goals .. and can't
spend time in discovering the golden knowledge written in one of the oldest
known language forms....
the only way to see knowledge management ...is the differentiating fact
that led to evolution of human race.. if it was not for one way or other of
managing knowledge and passing it on .. we would still be living as "apes"
.. and not what you see today as people who want to doubt and start finding
fault with everything....
Egyptian pryamids.. Indian ( ancient schools) .. Japanese pagodas... all
were forms of knowledge management tools... and culture
We today can sit in our executive offices and say that we do not want to
promote knowledge management because we are insecure.. we want to leverage
other people weakness to grow .. but had that been thought in the primitive
mind who discovered Fire .. we might be still living in the age of darkness
and caves...
Its philosophy as ancient as human civilisation.. and corporates who belive
in it had made it possible ...and realised benefits
Kumar
KM Practice Head - Zensar
On 3/31/06, aby antony
wrote:
>
> Dear Kavita,
> Do not worry and excited about KM, gradually you will learn about
> Knowledge Management.
>
> Pls find this link it will be helpful to you:
> http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/knowledge_management/km1/km1.asp
> http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/knowledge_management/km1/km1.asp
>
>
> I've attached one good article about KMfollows:
>
> (Source: http://www.nelh.nhs.uk/knowledge_management/km1/world.asp)
>
>
>
> Knowledge management as a conscious discipline would appear to be
> somewhere between five and fifteen years old. It evolved from the thinking
> of academics and pioneers such as Peter Drucker in the 1970s, Karl-Erik
> Sveiby in the late 1980s, and Nonaka and Takeuchi in the 1990s.
> During that time, economic, social and technological changes were
> transforming the way that companies worked. Globalisation emerged and
> brought new opportunities and increased competition. Companies responded by
> downsizing, merging, acquiring, reengineering and outsourcing. Many
> streamlined their workforce and boosted their productivity and their profits
> by using advances in computer and network technology. However their
> successes in doing so came with a price. Many lost company knowledge as they
> grew smaller. And many lost company knowledge as they grew bigger - they no
> longer 'knew what they knew'.
> By the early 1990s a growing body of academics and consultants were
> talking about knowledge management as 'the' new business practice, and it
> began to appear in more and more business journals and on conference
> agendas. By the mid-1990s, it became widely acknowledged that the
> competitive advantage of some of the world's leading companies was being
> carved out from those companies' knowledge assets such as competencies,
> customer relationships and innovations. Managing knowledge therefore
> suddenly became a mainstream business objective as other companies sought to
> follow the market leaders.
> Many of these companies took the approach of implementing 'knowledge
> management solutions', focusing almost entirely on knowledge management
> technologies. However they met with limited success, and so questions began
> to be asked about whether knowledge management wasn't simply another fad
> that looked great on paper, but in reality did not deliver. In fact for a
> while, it looked as if knowledge management was destined to be confined to
> the 'management fad graveyard'. However on closer inspection, companies
> realised that it wasn't the concept of knowledge management that was the
> problem as such, but rather the way that they had gone about approaching it.
> Reasons for their limited success included:
> The focus was on the technology rather than the business and its people.
> There was too much hype - with consultants and technology vendors cashing
> in on the latest management fad.
> Companies spent too much money (usually on 'sexy' technologies) with
> little or no return on their investments.
> Most knowledge management literature was very conceptual and lacking in
> practical advice, which led to frustration at the inability to translate the
> theory into practice - 'it all makes so much sense but why isn't it
> working?'.
> Knowledge management was not tied into business processes and ways of
> working. It was seen as another laborious overhead activity or yet another
> new initiative.
> A lack of incentives - employees quite rightly asked the 'what's in it for
> me?' question.
> There wasn't sufficient senior executive level buy in.
> Fortunately companies are now recognising these early mistakes and are
> beginning to take a different approach to knowledge management - one in
> which the emphasis is more on people, behaviours and ways of working, than
> on technology. Of course there are still some sceptics who believe that
> knowledge management is just a fad. But according to a number of company
> surveys, it would seem that they are in a minority. A more popular view is
> that knowledge management may not remain as a distinct discipline, but
> rather will become embedded in the way organisations work. This can be
> compared to Total Quality Management which was the 'in thing' in the 1980s;
> nobody talks about 'TQM' any more, but many of its principles and practices
> are an integral part of how most organisations operate. It looks likely that
> this could also be the future for knowledge management.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> And then, read Amrit Tiwan's "Knowledge Management Toolkit" for your
> better understanding.
>
>
> rgds,
> abi antony
> consultant-KM
> mailto:abi.antony at renaissance-it.com abi.antony at renaissance-it.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
> udaykumar somashekharayya kmath
> wrote:
> Madam Kavitha,
> Your background says that you have just completed your managenebt
> programme and you have not mentioned from which institute as it makes lot of
> difference when it comes to KM. And you are too immatured to comment on the
> subject as you are still a novice. I advise you to go to British Library and
> lay your hands on some titles on KM. Improvise your basics on KM. No subject
> ever is copied it is developing and people like you and some serious
> thinkers build the framework. Lot of work is being done in this area. I wish
> you all the best in your quest for knowing more about the subject. Excuse me
> if you find me harsh.
> with regards,
> Udaykumar
> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 Kavitha A wrote :
> >Dear Member,
> >
> >I am very happy to bea member in this activeforum. I am new to KM field
> and i have completed MBA last year. Now i am working as HR executive in a
> corporate firm. I would like to know more about KM. But as compared to other
> subject like Library and Information Science, Business administration, Human
> Resource and Project Managment , this Knowlegde Management is not well
> developed subject. I feel this is growing subject. Most of the terminology
> is copied from other subject....
> >
> >Is KM is well developed subject? or growing subject?
> >Can you please suggest some reading?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >Regards,
> >Kavi
> >Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.
> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman1/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.comMake PC-to-Phone Calls
> >to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.
> >_______________________________________________
> >KM-Forum mailing list
> >KM-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> >http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/km-forum
> UDAYAKUMAR K.M._______________________________________________
> KM-Forum mailing list
> KM-Forum at ncsi.iisc.ernet.in
> http://ncsi.iisc.ernet.in/mailman/listinfo/km-forum
> How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low
> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman8/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39663/*http://voice.yahoo.comPC-to-Phone call rates.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
>
>
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