Knowledge Management and Instructional Technology
The new "buzz word" in many corporate circles currently is the term "Knowledge Management or K.M." KM is considered mostly a role for the Information Technologist because of its storage of the company's information on databases. Because of the "info-glut" that is occurring in many corporations, K.M. is strongly becoming the role for the Instructional Technologist to group that information into training modules for the corporate Intranet, so that the corporation's employees can retrieve the "knowledge" in a real-time, need-to-know basis. In this white paper, I will define Knowledge Management from a business and an educational perspective. I will also discuss two basic strategies for Knowledge Management and the role the Instructional Technologist will have in the process.
What is Knowledge Management?
From the business perspective, the definition of Knowledge Management from the Business College of the University of Texas is
The systematic process of finding, selecting, organizing, distilling, and presenting information in a way that improves an employee's comprehension in a specific area of interest. Knowledge management helps the organization to gain insight and understanding from its own experience. Specific Knowledge Management activities help focus the organization on acquiring, storing and utilizing knowledge for such things as problem-solving, dynamic learning, strategic planning and decision making (1998).
In the article "Intellectual Capital and You" in Training Magazine, Knowledge Management is defined as " An effort to capture or tap an organization's collective experience and wisdom- including the tacit know-how that exists in people's head...
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In “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff pens an impressive argument wrought from personal experience, wisdom and heart. In his essay, Graff argues that street smarts have intellectual potential. A simple gem of wisdom, yet one that remains hidden beneath a sea of academic tradition. However, Graff navigates the reader through this ponderous sea with near perfection.
In the minds of many, intelligence not only excels your experience in education, but is also the key to a successful career. In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell refutes this thought by expanding on the belief that intelligence can only take you so far, and that creativity and innovation tend to lead to just as much success. This thought process applies to many different levels of life including our interview and acceptance into the ACTION program.
In the essay Mike Rose challenges the view that the amount of schooling one has achieved is the degree of intelligence by one should be measured. He describes the generalizations thought about people when it comes to how education relates to intelligence. He details his experiences growing up observing his mother as a waitress in restaurants and how she found fulfillment in the work she did. The way she was able to not only memorize customer orders but to anticipate their emotional needs shows a unique intelligence. He also details his Uncle Joe’s work in an auto manufacturer and how his intelligence saw him through to promotions. From his examples growing up with blue-collar workers, it shaped his opinion of how much grit and intelligence is required of them.
Decision making can be defined as an identification process and problem resolution (Draft, 1986). Researchers present three common main phases of the decision making process: the intelligence phase, the conception phase, and the selection phase (Adam, 2012). To understand the relationship of knowledge management to each of these phases, it is firstly important to have a look at three different knowledge management strategies (KMS). These are the Personalization KMS, the Socialization KMS, and the Technological KMS. The Personalization KMS is designed for the emergence of knowledge where the knowledge is closely tied to the individual who developed it (Hansen et al., 1999). The Socialization KMS combines both Technological and Personalization KMS and is designed to exchange and to pool knowledge. Finally, the Technological KMS is designed for
We need theorists and researchers to generate and refine learning-focused instructional design theories. Such theories will help educators and trainers to meet needs that focus on learning and that foster development of initiative, teamwork, thinking skills, and diversity. Instructional-design theory must involve stakeholders in the design process.
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This report gives the brief overview of the concept of corporate governance, its evolution and its significance in the corporate sector. The report highlights various key issues and concerns that are faced by the organizations while effectively implementing and promoting Corporate Governance.
Company’s leaders have a desire to learn and cultivate a curiosity for new dimensions of knowledge, becoming...
Knowledge management is a set of proactive activities to support the organization in the creation, absorption and diffusion of knowledge and its application. Knowledge management is continuing to understand the knowledge needs of the organization process, and place of knowledge, and how to improve knowledge.
...bjectives and realize growth. Knowledge Management Knowledge management plays a key role in ensuring that the different functions and activities of a company are synchronized. In Google’s case, the purchase of Motorola (which has turned out not to have been the best business decision) probably could have been avoided if the knowledge within the company was managed and used better. Knowledge enables a company to create, recognize and distribute opportunities. When every employee of a company contributes his or her part of knowledge into the knowledge pool, it is very beneficial as it contributes to the overall success of the company. Proper application of the available knowledge in a company can offer several competitive benefits to both the company and the employees. Application of accurate knowledge at the correct situation helps a company to make good decisions.
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Hansen M., Nohria N., and Tierney T. (1999), “What’s your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?,” Harvard Business Review (March 1999), 106–16.
Technology, as we all know, is helping and improving many disciplines of life. Technology, in Britannica Encyclopedia, is defined as the application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life. (Britannica, 2009)
Modern technology has made it so much easier to obtain educational information for classroom or homework assignments. It offers educational games that stimulate the brain and help children who have difficulties focusing on traditional teaching and learning procedures. College students are even taking advantage of online courses that many colleges are offering as an alternative to physically attending classes. Advances in technology and computers will continue to play an important role in education for many generations to come.
Based on this article, Malaysia involved in the economic crisis in the end of 1997. The Malaysian economic downturn exposed the consequences of poor corporate governance and prompted the formation of a high level Finance Committee on Corporate Governance (FCCG). The main focus of FCCG is to review and reform corporate governance in Malaysia comprehensively. In order to make a reformation, FCCG has played their role by sets out the principles of good corporate governance for Malaysia as a guideline and also proposes the code of best practice for companies. All of the recommendations of these principles are to strengthen laws, enhance disclosure and transparency, promote effective enforcement and emphasis on training of directors. Malaysian Code emerged from an urgent demand for businesses to exhibit greater transparency and accountability as it is largely modeled after the UK Codes. In UK, listed company under London Stock Exchange must disclose in their annual report the extent of compliance. The Hampel report’s main objective is to produce a set of general principles that allow flexibility in interpretation. Then the UK Code Combined derived from the Hampel report. So, there are similarity that we can see here when all companies in Bursa Malaysia are al...