The Knowledge Management Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Building a Knowledge Management System - Softcover

Tiwana, Amrit

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9780130128539: The Knowledge Management Toolkit: Practical Techniques for Building a Knowledge Management System

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ISBN 10: 0130128538 ISBN 13: 9780130128539

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1999

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The only "how-to" guide for building an enterprise knowledge management system!

Until now, implementing Knowledge Management (KM) has been like nailing jelly to the wall-but not anymore! The Knowledge Management Toolkit delivers hands-on techniques and tools for making KM happen at your company. You'll learn exactly how to use KM to make sure that every key decision is fully informed as you build on your existing intranet, data warehouse, and project management investments. Top researcher Amrit Tiwana walks you through the development of an enterprise KM system from start to finish, showing how every stage can serve as a foundation for later enhancements.

10-step roadmap for implementing KM successfully
Checklists help you focus on critical issues every step of the way
Interactive toolkit format guides your strategic design decisions
Identify your key intangibles-and audit the knowledge you already have
Staff your project team and manage it effectively
Build a foundation of KM infrastructure that can evolve through results-driven, incremental steps
Mobilize your organization's subtle, "tacit" knowledge
Calculate and maximize ROI in KM systems
www.kmtoolkit.com-stay informed with the author's dedicated Web site, which provides ongoing support and updates from the KM community!

Discover the best ways to align KM with business strategy, avoid key KM pitfalls such as excessive formalization and overreliance on technology, master prototyping, and understand the new role of the Chief Knowledge Officer. Tiwana also presents KM case studies from leading companies worldwide, from Nortel to Rolls Royce. If you're ready to transform KM from business-school theory to real-world competitive advantage, start right here!

CD-ROM INCLUDED

Knowledge Management Toolkit, including an interactive 10-step KM roadmap and easy-to-customize KM evaluation forms -complete and unrestricted!
MindManager Personal for creating, organizing, and sharing knowledge maps
Performance Now Enterprise, a trial version of the #1 change management tool
FrontPage 2000 45-day trial
Plus great tools for data mining, integrating mobile systems, workflow, modeling, and more!

Synopsis:

Through knowledge management, companies can build on their intranets, data warehouses, and project management systems to make sure that every key decision is fully informed -- and to stop wasting time "reinventing the wheel." Knowledge management is hot -- and this is the first book to deliver hands-on techniques and tools for making it happen! Leading consultant Amrit Tiwana walks step-by-step through the development of an enterprise Knowledge Management System, demonstrating how to ensure that each step serves as a foundation for the enhancements that will follow. Tiwana shows how to leverage the extensive resources today's organizations already have: intranets, data warehouses and data mining applications, groupware, project management software, and more. Discover how to identify your organization's key knowledge management challenges; how to staff the right team and manage it effectively; and more. With this book/CD-ROM package, knowledge management goes beyond theory -- to cost-effective, real-life solutions!

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