MANAJEMEN INFORMASI DAN PENGETAHUAN Sara

MANAJEMEN INFORMASI DAN PENGETAHUAN
Sarana Menuju Organisasi Berbasis Pengetahuan

About the Knowledge Management
The Philosophy
of Knowledge
Management

What, Why, and How?

What is Knowledge Management ?
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Knowledge n. 1. The state or fact of knowing. 2. Familiarity,
awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study.
3. That which is known; the sum or range of what has been
perceived, discovered, or inferred.

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Management n. 1. The act, manner or practice of managing,

handling, or controlling something. 2. The person or persons who
manage a business establishment, organization or institution

Accenture Definition of Knowledge Management:
A systematic process for creating, acquiring, synthesizing,
sharing, using and distributing information, insights and
experiences to achieve your organizational goals.

Simple Definition

The practice of transforming
the intellectual assets of an
organization into business value

Why Need Knowledge Management ?
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Knowledge
Management (KM)


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–  evolves from the
concept of
organizational
learning
–  with the aims
"  to handle the
resource
knowledge in a
better way
–  in order to
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"  improve the
organization skills
at all levels
this will lead to
"  more innovative
"  more efficient
organizations with a

higher capacity to act

Trends
–  globalization (organization
networks) and competition
–  stakeholder pressures
–  cope with huge amount of
information and knowledge
–  reduced product life cycle
–  high innovation rate
–  volatile market and industry
Challenges
–  to understand knowledge as a
factor of production
–  to realize that learning rate is
essential for successful
organizations
–  avoid loss of knowledge
→ to build Learning Organizations


Paradigm Shift

Example of Knowledge
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Data
Information
Knowledge
Wisdom

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Through an example:

Raw facts
A collection of related data with context and perspective
Organized information that provides guidance or action

The understanding that permits knowledge to be used

–  1234567.89 is data.
–  "Your bank balance has jumped 8087% to $1234567.89" is
information.
–  "Nobody owes me that much money" is knowledge.
–  "I'd better talk to the bank before I spend it, because of what
has happened to other people" is wisdom.

Philosophy of Knowledge Management

Organization
Growth
Increasing
Performance

Knowledge

Information


Raw Data

Learning
Organization
Transaction

The Knowledge Hierarchy

Knowledge
+ context, interpretation,
experience, reflection

Information
+ meaning, relevance,
purpose

Data

Why Information ?


Wisdom
+ governance

Knowledge
+ experience

Information
+ context

Data
+ procedure

Business Facts

INTELLIGENT PERSON

Wisdom

INTELLIGENT PERSON


+ wisdom

Knowledge

EXECUTIVES

+ experience

Information

LINE MANAGER

+ context

Data

SUPERVISOR

+ procedure


Business Facts

STAFF

2. Help Empowering the People

1. Help Creating the Intelligence

The Roles of Information Technology

The Problem of Knowledge

Explicit Knowledge
- Can be articulated
- Expressible in words and numbers

Tacit Knowledge
- Embedded in individual experience
- Highly personal
- Hard to articulate

[Source: Nonaka and Takeuchi]

The Knowledge Lifecycle

Manage

Create

Capture

(Re) Organize

Access

(Re)Use

Knowledge Management Application

Knowledge Management Architecture


Intelligent Manager Characteristics

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They understand about the importance of knowledge
They are not scared of new technology
They will be learners
They will be good at helping others to learn
(coaches)
They will be leaders rather than being managers
They will be effective members of self-managing
teams
They will be hunter gatherers of information
They will be effective decision makers in the
absence of certainty

The Value of IT in Knowledge Management
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To help the company in:

… delivering the right knowledge
to the right people
at the right time …
and

… the people will get the right
knowledge at the right time …

The Advise

Old Organization + Information Technology =
OLD and EXPENSIVE ORGANIZATION !!!

Thank You

Richardus Eko Indrajit
indrajit@rad.net.id
indrajit@post.harvard.edu
http://www.indradjit.com