[Sigia-l] knowledge management

[James Robertson]

At 09:41 9/05/2003, Derek R wrote:

>
> >| This is where we differ
>
>Very well. I can only tell you what I know having played the role.
>
>
> >| KM (as productized...it insinuates
>
>I clearly define Knowledge Management as the 'management' of knowledge
>-- not the 'creation' of it.
>
>The *key feature* of Knowledge Management to me is there are NO
>'alteration' or 'modification' activities within the scope of the job.
>
>To me, that's why they call it *Knowledge* Management -- you're dealing
>with existing (pre-defined) material so that you just have to manage it,
>not add to it, or modify it in any way.

It's good to see we've taken a break from "What is IA?"
to discuss "What is KM?". :-)

Not being at all rude, can I suggest that those who
are interested in this have a browse through the
archives of some of the KM lists, because they've already
argued round in the same circles for years ... ;-)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/act-km
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KM-Framework

Cheers,
James


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James Robertson
Step Two Designs Pty Ltd

Knowledge Management / Content Management / Intranets

http://www.steptwo.com.au/
jamesr at steptwo.com.au