First assignment submitted – Knowledge Management

In the late hours of this evening I submitted my first assignment to the course in Knowledge Management at Luleå University of Technology. I was asked to present myself, explain why I am taking the course and what Knowledge Management means to me. I like the fact that this is such a broad subject with no rights or wrongs.

Anyways, thought I could share the important piece of it:

I would say that Knowledge Management is a method to help organizations be more effective. It should involve mapping “who knows what”. In large organizations there should to be a clear route to knowledge – and that route differs from the hierarchical structures. I can imagine the management of knowledge can be easier or harder to implement depending on cultural differences. So I hope to learn about capturing and storing knowledge. About tools to share and collaborate, connecting people, creating networks, shaping behaviours and mapping processes.

And as closure – I just love the fact that I can quote my favourite management guru Peter Drucker in this paper (and surely in coming ones as well) – Mr Drucker once said:
“Information only becomes knowledge in the hands of someone who knows what to do with it.”