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Strategic Knowledge Leadership in Building Effective Knowledge Communities

Explore the pivotal role of knowledge leaders in translating vision into practice, managing teams, and nurturing networks within organizations for enhanced knowledge sharing. Learn the core attributes, roles, and recruitment strategies of strategic knowledge leaders.

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Strategic Knowledge Leadership in Building Effective Knowledge Communities

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  1. Chapter 3The Knowledge Leader

  2. Introduction • Knowledge leaders play an important role in building effective knowledge communities • They ensure the knowledge vision and concepts are translated into real activities and practice • There are many different knowledge leaders within a knowledge community

  3. Generic Attributes of the Knowledge Leader • Strategic visionary • Motivator • Communicator • Change agent • Coach, mentor, model • Learning facilitator • Knowledge executor

  4. Roles ofStrategic Knowledge Leaders

  5. Roles ofCore Leaders • Manage staff and resources within local operational units • Put the strategic vision into practice • Act as gatekeepers • Need to see the value of knowledge management • May experience conflicting loyalties

  6. Knowledge Teams(1/3) • Knowledge teams rely on interaction, communication and the sharing of expertise to achieve a common goal • Each knowledge worker operates as both leader and collaborator / contributor • Teams require different forms of leadership at different stages of their development

  7. Knowledge Teams (2/3) Self-managed knowledge team • Share the leadership, depending on stage of development • Dynamics of group need to be fluid and open • Scope and timeliness of project need to be carefully controlled

  8. Knowledge Teams (3/3) Virtual knowledge teams • Geographically, temporally or organizationally separated teams • Rely on technology to communicate • Critical success factors include technology, member training, team and organization processes, leadership, leader and team capabilities

  9. Knowledge Network • Knowledge networks are important forms of knowledge activity • Enable access to expertise • Assist in building more advanced knowledge across the community • Voluntaryinvolvement • Transient leadership roles

  10. Recruiting and Selecting Knowledge Leaders • Knowledge leaders need to be recruited • Organizations need to accommodate the different ways in which knowledge leaders work • Organizations may also need to consider the core competencies it requires of all employees as knowledge workers/leaders

  11. Concluding Points • Knowledge leadership should operate throughout the organization • Each knowledge worker will provide leadership at some point or other • Different forms of leadership will operate in different contexts and times • Organizations will be strongly influenced and changed by these practices, as new ways of working and interacting occur

  12. Today’s focus questions: • What do knowledge leaders do? • How does leadership affect a knowledge community? • How does leadership support knowledge teams and networks? • How can good knowledge leaders be identified and supported? • Are you a potential knowledge leader? • Lecture reference: Debowski, Chapter 3

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