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Knowledge Management : Can it Exist in a Law Office? Part I By Nina Platt Nina Platt is a Librarian
Features - Knowledge Management : Can it Exist in a Law Office? Part 1 , Published on December 1, 1997 Nina Platt is a Librarian at the Minnesota Office of the Attorney General. She also worked as Manager of Technical Services at the Dorsey & Whitney Law Firm in Minneapolis. To date,

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Knowledge Management (KM) is a field that has attracted much attention both in academic and practitioner circles. Most KM projects appear to be primarily concerned with knowledge that can be quantified and can be captured, codified and stored - an approach more deserving of the label Information Management. Recently there has been recognition that some knowledge cannot be quantified and cannot be captured, codified or stored. However, the predominant approach to the management of this knowledge remains to try to convert it to a form that can be handled using the 'traditional' approach. In this paper, we argue that this approach is flawed and some knowledge simply cannot be captured. A method is needed which recognises that knowledge resides in people: not in machines or documents. We will argue that KM is essentially about people and the earlier technology driven approaches, which failed to consider this, were bound to be limited in their success. One possible way forward is offered by Communities of Practice, which provide an environment for people to develop knowledge through interaction with others in an environment where knowledge is created nurtured and sustained.
Information Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, October 2002 MIS Group, Dept. of Computer Science Knowledge Management (KM) is a field that has attracted much attention both in academic and practitioner circles. Most KM projects appear to be primarily concerned with knowledge that can be quantified and can

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At Knowledge Praxis , we define knowledge management as a business activity with two primary aspects: Treating the knowledge component of business activities as an explicit concern of business reflected in strategy, policy, and practice at all levels of the organization. Making a direct connection
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Management Insight on making sense of an oxymoron
making sense of an oxymoron Can knowledge be managed? The words management and knowledge at first sight appear uneasy bedfellows. Knowledge is largely cognitive and highly personal, while management involves organisational processes. Many knowledge workers do not like to be managed in the

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is Knowledge Management (KM)? KM is a newly emerging, interdisciplinary business model dealing with all aspects of knowledge within the context of the firm, including knowledge creation, codification, sharing, and how these activities promote learning and innovation. In practice, KM encompasses
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developing a knowledge strategy
California Management Review, Vol. 41, No. 3, Spring, 1999, pp. 125-145 Ó Michael H. Zack, September, 1998 Today, knowledge is considered the most strategically important resource and learning the most strategically important capability for business organizations. However, many initiatives

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Business Publications related to Knowledge Management (KM)
Management Science : Knowledge Management - Contends that individual and organizational knowledge is difficult to value and therefore difficult to manage. Looks at the management of knowledge from the perspective of the individual, the network and the organization using Stafford Beer's Viable

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Heralding ICT enabled Knowledge way forward for the Developing London School of Economics revolution, led by advances in information and communication technology, is re-structuring the global social economic equations - shifting from income divide to knowledge divide. The revolution on one hand
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Examines critically the origins and basis of 'knowledge management', its components and its development as a field of consultancy practice. Problems in the distinction between 'knowledge' and 'information' are explored, as well as Polanyi's concept of 'tacit knowing'. The concept is examined in the journal literature, the Web sites of consultancy companies, and in the presentation of business schools. The conclusion is reached that 'knowledge management' is an umbrella term for a variety of organizational activities, none of which is concerned with the management of knowledge. Those activities that are not concerned with the management of information are concerned with the management of work practices, in the expectation that changes in such areas as communication practice will enable information sharing.
Information Research, Vol. 8 No. 1, October 2002 The nonsense of 'knowledge management' University of Sheffield, UK Visiting Professor, Högskolan i Borås Examines critically the origins and basis of 'knowledge management', its components and its development as a field of consultancy

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Knowledge Management (KM) topics covering definition, systems, benefits, and challenges.
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