Knowledge Management Explorer > Introduction to Knowledge Management
If you are relatively new to knowledge management, here is a collection of articles and white papers to help you get started quickly. For full coverage of knowledge management, visit our KnowledgeLinks department.

The ABCs of Knowledge Management
Introductory KM article includes a basic definition of KM, discussion of intellectual assets, benefits from KM, challenges of KM, who should lead KM efforts, and technologies that can support KM. From CIO Magazine. 

The Knowledge Factor
Article by CIO Magazine's Perry Glasser covers "why knowledge management is a foundation of organic companies, what the obstacles to knowledge management are, and how companies evaluate knowledge."

Foreword to Intellectual Capital
Read the foreword to Thomas A. Stewart's landmark book, Intellectual Capital. For more details on the book, see the Amazon entry.

Some Principles of Knowledge Management
Ten basic principles of KM by Thomas H. Davenport, author of Working Knowledge. The first principle reads: "Knowledge management is expensive (but so is stupidity!)."

What is Knowledge Management?
Good introduction from Media Access Group that includes brief history, why we need KM, and how it is a cross- disciplinary domain.

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Knowledge Management, Round Two
Tom Davenport's thoughts about where KM has been, and where it's headed as we enter the new century.  

What is Knowledge Management?
From thought-leader Karl-Erik Sveiby, this article defines KM
by looking at 40 KM initiatives around the world.

Glossary of KM Terms
Provides definitions of common KM terms, plus links to other glossaries.

Knowledge Management Survey 2000
Second in a biennial series, this survey conducted by KPMG compiles results from  423 organisations in the UK, mainland Europe and the US. now actively pursuing knowledge management." 

KM: Making Sense of an Oxymoron
Introductory article by David Skyrme that explains the current momentum of KM, what it involves, examples of success, guidelines for success, and issues and challenges.

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Part of the University of Toronto's KM Initiatives web site. Consists of 14 modular sections with references.

12 Principles of KM
Verna Allee, author of The Knowledge Evolution, presents guiding principles of KM in this introductory article. She also discusses
core knowledge competencies and navigational aids for implementing KM.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about KM
Basic questions and answers from the popular resource site at the University of Texas, Austin.

Managing Customer Knowledge
Introductory article explains how KM can be used to enhance customer knowledge. Also covers some of the issues to be considered.

Knowledge management has to be "baked into" the job. It's got to be part of the fabric of the work.
Tom Davenport

What is Knowledge Management?
This introduction from the Gotcha site covers what KM is, why it's important, how it's different from other fields, what the KM process is, and what the hot topics are.

 

Knowledge management is not just another case of vendor hype or the makings of another competitive food fight. Business and government leaders all around the world see the knowledge management era coming.
Jeff Papows


 


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