"Knowledge management (KM) is the collection of methods relating to creating, sharing, using and managing the knowledge and information of an organization."
The process of passing knowledge from one person or group to another within an organization.
Organizational learning: The process of acquiring knowledge, skills and abilities within an organization through training, mentoring and experience.
Tacit knowledge: Knowledge that is difficult to communicate or transfer, usually gained through personal experience or intuition.
Explicit knowledge: Knowledge that is easily documented, codified and shared, such as procedures and policies.
Intellectual property: The legal protection of creative works, including patents, trademarks and copyrights.
Transferability: The ease with which knowledge can be shared or transferred between individuals, teams or organizations.
Knowledge mapping: The identification and documentation of key knowledge within an organization and its flow across departments, teams and individuals.
Knowledge sharing: The dissemination of knowledge and information across an organization, often facilitated by technology and digital platforms.
Communities of practice: Informal groups of individuals within an organization who share a common interest or expertise and collaborate to share knowledge and best practices.
Organizational culture: The values, beliefs, attitudes and behaviors that shape the way an organization operates, including its approach to knowledge sharing.
Change management: The process of planning, implementing and monitoring changes within an organization, including changes related to knowledge transfer and management.
Tacit to tacit: This type of knowledge transfer occurs when knowledge is transferred from one person's tacit understanding to another person's tacit understanding. It usually happens in interpersonal communication.
Explicit to explicit: In this type of knowledge transfer, knowledge is shared in a formal or structured way. This may include written documents, training sessions, videos, etc.
Tacit to explicit: When tacit knowledge is transferred and converted to explicit knowledge, it becomes easier to share and propagate the knowledge. This type of transfer involves documentation, recording, or other forms of documentation.
Explicit to tacit: This type of knowledge transfer involves the internalization of explicit knowledge. It can be done through mentoring, practice, observation or experimentation.
Socialization: In this type of knowledge transfer, knowledge is transferred through social interactions between individuals, tribe or community members.
Externalization: This type of knowledge transfer involves articulating tacit knowledge in explicit form for dissemination either in oral or written form.
Combination: This approach involves organizing explicit knowledge from different sources into a single knowledge base, store or repository.
Internalization: In this type of knowledge transfer, explicit knowledge is taken into possession and deeply understood to create tacit knowledge.
Informal: This type of knowledge transfer is based on informal and unplanned interactions between individuals.
Formal: This type of knowledge transfer is planned, structured, and often focuses on a specific task or objective.
One-way: In this type of knowledge transfer, information is transmitted from one person or group to another without any feedback or interaction.
Two-way: This type of knowledge transfer involves the exchange of information between two or more entities where feedback is built in.
"An established discipline since 1991..."
"Other fields may contribute to KM research, including information and media, computer science, public health and public policy."
"Several universities offer dedicated master's degrees in knowledge management."
"Many large companies, public institutions, and non-profit organizations have resources dedicated to internal KM efforts..."
"Knowledge management efforts typically focus on organizational objectives such as improved performance, competitive advantage, innovation, the sharing of lessons learned, integration, and continuous improvement of the organization."
"These efforts overlap with organizational learning and may be distinguished from that by a greater focus on the management of knowledge as a strategic asset and on encouraging the sharing of knowledge."
"KM is an enabler of organizational learning."
"The most complex scenario for knowledge management may be found in the context of supply chain as it involves multiple companies without an ownership relationship or hierarchy between them, being called by some authors as transorganizational or interorganizational knowledge."
"That complexity is additionally increased by industry 4.0 (or 4th industrial revolution) and digital transformation, as new challenges emerge from both the volume and speed of information flows and knowledge generation."
"[KM] includes courses taught in the fields of business administration, information systems, management, library, and information science."
"...often as a part of their business strategy, IT, or human resource management departments."
"...often as a part of their business strategy..."
"KM efforts... focus on the management of knowledge as a strategic asset and on encouraging the sharing of knowledge."
"KM efforts typically focus on organizational objectives such as... innovation..."
"...as new challenges emerge from both the volume and speed of information flows and knowledge generation."
"Other fields may contribute to KM research, including information and media, computer science, public health and public policy."
"Other fields may contribute to KM research, including information and media..."
"KM efforts typically focus on organizational objectives such as improved performance..."
"KM efforts typically focus on organizational objectives such as... competitive advantage..."