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Articles on knowledgemanagement

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Strengthening lateral relations in organisationsKnowledge management can contribute to the successful implementation and realisation of restructuring issues. This article by DNV focuses on ways to anticipate inherent weaknesses in the knowledge infrastructure.
Sticky knowledge, barriers to knowing in the firmA short piece on this interesting book by Szulanski, who examined the ‘best practice puzzle’ and why senior management rarely likes to tinker with incentive systems preferring that they remain standard throughout the organisations.
Reducing the cost of ignoranceIn conjunction with EFQM DNV has created a framework for knowledge management in addition to the EFQM excellence model. This article reflects on the position of knowledge management in the business environment of 2005, its critical success factors and addresses current 'hot issues'.
Beat the Retirement Brain DrainMike Kelleher wrote the article 'Knowledge retention - replacing the traditional exit interview'. It was published at TrainingZONE, an online community of 35,000 HRD managers and trainers.
The Knowledge Management strategy processThis article describes the DNV knowledge portfolio approach. The steps are discussed, based upon experiences of the authors in aligning KM and Business strategies in the context of companies such as Siemens AG.
Good practices in Knowlegde Management in European companiesAn article based on the results of an EFQM/DNV study (2003) for good practices in Knowledge Management amongst 27 European companies and organisations'.
Achieving successful Knowledge Management initiativesAn introduction to KM that provides the reader with guidelines and suggestions for applying KM within the own organization. This article provides you with the basic concepts of KM and also might tell your manager what's KM about!
Organizing Corporate MemoriesA many-cited article on components and critical succes factors of lessons learned programs and corporate memories.
The safety imperativeAn Inspector falls. What can a knowledge management programme do to help others from having another similar accident?
KM in the nuclear industrySome reflections on the recent IAEA conference.
Harvard Business Review on Knowledge ManagementCommentary on a collection of classic KM articles.
All Marketers are liarsCommentary on the book by Seth Godin.
The Irish Civil Service ReportA study of Knowledge Management programmes.
Knowledge retention at NS&IAn interview with the Financial Director.
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Developing KM competencies in a safe environmentCompetitive simulation with mixtures of teams form departments or inter-organisational competitions.
Successful Knowledge Management StrategiesThe EFQM and DNV have joined forces again in order to deliver high-quality study on good practices in Knowledge Management.

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