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Last update 27 April 2002
The links displayed on this page have been located by students from the 2000K and 2001K presentations of B823
An overview article on KM with a brief case study of Bechtel is available at http://www.businessinnovation.ey.com/journal/issue1/features/choosi/body.html
Knowledge Praxis, offer their definition of knowledge management
AIAI is a technology transfer organisation at the University of Edinburgh working with Artificial Intelligence applications and interested in their relevance to KM.
An International Knowledge Management Newsletter is available from www.mjm.co.uk/knowledge/
KMWorld is a journal covering knowledge management technology and available online.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young maintain a business innovation site which covers some knowledge management issues, in particular the issue of intangible assets.
The Fourthwave group site contains a lexicon of terms, including some on knowledge and knowledge management at http://www.fourthwavegroup.com/
Emerald Information Services offers a range of KM material at the managementfirst.com site where Paul Quintas is accorded guru status.
MCB is a prolific UK-based publisher that has expanded from professional to academic journals, making extensive use of the web.
A range of special reports and surveys are available from the Financial Times site, see http://specials.ft.com/ln.ftsurveyws/industry/.
Englebart's Unfinished Revolution is the record of a symposium on the pioneering work and enduring influence of Doug Englebart, who defined many of the interface components of current computing
Building on Virtual Common Ground is a paper produced for the Common Ground Design conference. It describes action research into collective knowledge management using Internet technologies conducted by a network of academics and practitioners in a range of locations.
The Knowledge Management Forum is a virtual community of practice focused on furthering the development and understanding of Knowledge Management.
The Simpler Work study has a range of papers at http://www.simplerwork.com/library/, including one by Peter Cochrane of B.T.
Download the full report from http://www.simplerwork.com/k/profilefull.htm
Buckman Labs and other example of progress towards Cochrane's' vision at http://www.fastcompany.com/online/03/buckman.html
Business Week has published an article on Buckman Laboratories experience with Knowledge Management over fifteen years in Business Week
US-based Melcrum Publishing publish a bi-monthly journal called Knowledge Management Review with a free newsletter and a sample copy of the journal available from their site at www.melcrum.com
An article on Ten Knowledge Domains — Model of a Knowledge-Driven Company? By Daniel Holtshouse The Xerox Knowledge Initiative is available at http://www.crmproject.com/wp/holtshouse.html
The Business 2.0 journal site contains a Tom Stewart article on the pitfalls of knowledge management programmes.
More thoughts on the downside of Knowledge Management initiatives are available at Why Knowledge Programs Fail: A C.E.O.'s Guide to Managing Learning by Charles E. Lucier and Janet D. Torsilieri
Something for Unit 7: Brand Relationship Management: A New Approach for the Third Millennium by Francois Nebel of Accenture and Robert C. Blattberg of Northwestern University
A Korean site with an interview with Nonaka: http://myhome.netsgo.com/rsvp/km/nonaka-inte.htm
The Masters Forum site caries an interview with Takeuchi which gives additional examples to the breadmaker.
A critical review of Nonaka's work by René Jorna, Associate Professor in Knowledge Systems and Decision Support Systems at the Faculty of Management & Organization, University of Groningen, The Netherlands is available from the Semiotic Review of Books.
Booz Allen and Hamilton offer their view at http://www.bah.com/viewpoints/insights/cmt_knowmanage_2.html
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