Some Tips on Knowledge Management

Not infrequently, the question arises when we come to manage knowledge in the organization: what should we manage?

Looking in every direction, mountains of knowledge float up, and every knowledge collection only increases the amount of knowledge we discover. The patent in these matters is simple but requires discipline: one must remember that knowledge management is not an end in itself, but a means. Knowledge management constitutes a means for achieving organizational objectives more effectively. If we place this sentence before our eyes at all times when we encounter a new type of knowledge, it will be easier for us to discern whether the knowledge is worthy of management.

This method is already formally implemented in the first stage of the knowledge management methodology, known as the "mapping stage." Already, when we come to select from among the various subjects to focus on, one of the central considerations is the benefit of knowledge management - that is, to what extent we will achieve organizational objectives more effectively if we manage this knowledge.

In the following stages, the work is more difficult. It's very easy to get distracted when dealing with details or when interviewing "experts" who share knowledge from their arsenal. At the end of every such collection, remember to filter. Only knowledge that constitutes a means for the better achievement of organizational objectives is worthy of entering our gates.

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