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Organizational Support to Knowledge Management. Madz Quiamco AIJC. Organizational Support to KM. people, technology and organizational qualities. organizational goals. knowledge creation, continuity, sharing, and sustained use. Organizational Support to KM.
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Organizational Support to Knowledge Management Madz Quiamco AIJC
Organizational Support to KM • people, • technology and • organizational qualities organizational goals • knowledge creation, • continuity, • sharing, and • sustained use
Organizational Support to KM Barriers to KM: • Organizational structure barriers - Silo Company - Not-invented-here Company - Babel Company - By-the-book Company - Bolt-it-on Company
Organizational Support to KM • Management barriers • confusing environment • inadequate policies, • insufficient capability-building tools • unclear roles and expectations No management involvement
Organizational Support to KM • Boundary barriers - Intra-organizational—different unit subcultures and goals - Status—employee timidity and manager’s unwillingness to listen - Professional—different professional backgrounds = different goals, language, methods
Organizational Support to KM • Cross-category barriers - lack of resources, - absence of rewards - culture does not encourage sharing
Organizational Support to KM • Technology barriers - use of inappropriate technology - lack of integration of systems - lack of technical support
Organizational Support to KM • Human barriers - lack of trust - fear of exploitation, contamination, of being redundant, etc. - skepticism toward technology
Organizational Support to KM KM enablers • Organizational culture — the unwritten rules or expectations of behavior
Organizational Support to KM • Vision and trust - a clear vision - awareness of KM and organizational alignment of its goals - identification of critical knowledge - willingness to share and reuse knowledge - trustworthiness of those at the top - people get credit for knowledge sharing - effort to build an atmosphere of trust where sharing is valued - collaboration is the norm
Organizational Support to KM • Organizational infrastructure - Leadership - Training - Rewards and incentives - Knowledge networks
Organizational Support to KM • Technology - knowledge-oriented technologies - people capable of using the technologies - technologies are standardized to facilitate document exchange and available to all
Organizational Support to KM • Measurement of results - assessing generation, sharing, transfer or use of valuable knowledge - analyzing the KM strategies employed