Knowledge management is an HR issue
HR professionals tend to be wary of knowledge management because so many iniatives that come under this heading are IT-led and tend to downgrade or even ignore the people management issues.
But knowledge management processes will not achieve results unless they are linked to an understanding of what motivates employees to obtain and share knowledge, which means that HR is key to successful knowledge management iniatives.
Also
Holding employers to
account IRS Employment Review examines the CIPD's proposed framework
identifying key principles for quantifying and reporting human capital
performance.
Knowledge management
a let-down for business Writing in Training Magazine, Margaret
Kubicek reports on new research which finds that most companies' training and
knowledge management initiatives are too generalised to have any real impact on
productivity.
Share options Writing in
Training Magazine, Margaret Kubicek looks at how organisations can encourage
their people to pool ideas and information.
Companies in the know... Personnel Today's Paul Nelson examines research from Roffey Park, which assesses how five organisations retain and manage the knowledge of their employees.
Understanding knowledge management,
People and knowledge management,
Measuring intangible assets, and
Knowledge management: Resources and
references IRS Management Review's in-depth study of knowledge
management provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, including an
examination of tools and methods firms can employ to encourage staff to transfer
knowledge.
Search engine:
Knowledge management Personnel Today presents a round-up of
websites offering information on knowledge management to the HR
practitioner.
How to grow
intellectual capital Sue Weekes, writing in Training Magazine,
argues that a robust technological infrastructure which responds well to
training needs will nurture knowledge management.
