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Gone, but not forgotten: How to preserve organisational memory (Part 2)
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 07/08/2017
» In the last article I looked at the various ways that knowledge loss can affect an organisation. In this article I'll look at some of the ways that organisations can help to lessen the impacts of such losses.
Institutional memory: Gone but not forgotten (Part 1)
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 17/05/2017
» Everyone agrees that institutional memory matters, and indeed may be the most valuable asset that any organisation ever owns. However, is it even possible to retain an institutional memory these days, and if not, what are the likely corporate impacts and how can they be addressed successfully?
Retooling Knowledge Management for the future
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 26/10/2016
» Knowledge Management (KM) as a recognised business discipline has been with us since the early 1990s, and yet it somehow never seems to have lived up to its initial billing as the best way for organisations to become more efficient and effective. Can today's organisations still benefit from KM?
Maybe AEC should stand for Asean English Competence
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 01/11/2016
» English is not the most spoken primary language in the world; that would be Mandarin Chinese. But when you consider the number of countries where it is either an official language or one in regular use, every other language is a very distant second. More than half of the world's countries use English every day. Ten of those countries, including Thailand, form the Asean Economic Community (AEC), a community of 630 million that has adopted English as its common day-to-day language.
Social media and the evolution of knowledge management
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 14/06/2016
» Knowledge Management (KM) as a recognised business discipline has been with us since the early 1990s, yet it never seems to have lived up to its initial billing as the best way for organisations to become more efficient and effective. So, has KM outlived its usefulness, or can today's organisations still benefit from it?
Is Knowledge Management Still Relevant?
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 07/05/2016
» Knowledge Management (KM) as a recognised business discipline has been with us since the early 1990s, yet it somehow never seems to have lived up to its initial billing as the best way for business organisations to become more efficient and effective. So, has KM outlived its usefulness, or can today's organisations still benefit from it?
Steps that can be taken towards a successful knowledge mobilisation (part 3)
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 16/02/2016
» In the second part of this series, I looked at some of the environmental issues that must be considered before undertaking a knowledge-related initiative. Of course, from a senior management perspective the primary objective of any such initiative is always the same -- to leverage what knowledge assets the business possesses, both corporately and individually, to become a more efficient and effective organisation.
Knowledge mobilisation and organisational change (Part one)
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 28/10/2015
» Many innovative management approaches have taken the business world by storm over the last 50 years: Total Quality Management, self-directed work management, enterprise content management, change management, customer relationship management, information management, and more.
Knowledge mobilisation: Preparing to put a plan into action
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 08/12/2015
» In the last article, I looked at some of the factors involved in preparing for a new knowledge-related initiative. Now let's look at some of the factors involved in ensuring a supportive organisational environment exists before the project starts.
Angels and demons: a tale of two cities (part one)
Business, Niall Sinclair, Published on 18/03/2015
» Bangkok and Los Angeles are both known as "The City of Angels", but apart from sharing a name, what else do they have in common? In particular, what specific lifestyle problems are they both facing, and what lessons can be learned from their respective approaches to address those problems?