In my last post, I introduced the problem of evaluating whether something is a KM software application by distinguishing KM and its outcomes, knowledge processing and its outcomes, and business processing and its outcomes. I also pointed out that software applications could contribute to any of the tiers of the Three-tier Model, and that software […]
What Is A Knowledge Management Software Application?
September 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: KM 2.0 · KM Software Tools · Knowledge Management
What Is A Knowledge Processing Software Application?
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Software vendors feel very free to claim that theirs is a KM Software application. At the height of KM’s popularity, in 1998, I’ve even had the experience of running across a document copying vendor who claimed that theirs was a KM Software application. Well, it’s a software vendor’s job to make claims that may sell […]
Tags: KM 2.0 · KM Methodology · KM Software Tools · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Making · Knowledge Management
Knols Aren’t Units of Knowledge and What Google Can Do About It
August 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Google has introduced a new service to facilitate knowledge sharing. Google describes it this way:
“The Knol project is a site that hosts many knols — units of knowledge — written about various subjects. The authors of the knols can take credit for their writing, provide credentials, and elicit peer reviews and comments. Users can […]
Tags: Complexity · KM 2.0 · KM Software Tools · Knowledge Management · Personal KM · Uncategorized