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Introduction to Knowledge Management

 
Course: 213   Type: RealityPlus   Duration: 3 Days
 
 

You Will Learn How To

  • Identify, create and distribute knowledge using proven Knowledge Management (KM) practices
  • Create knowledge assets from personal expertise, events and other key sources
  • Analyze and build communities of practice to contribute and share knowledge
  • Convert tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge for organizational gain
  • Determine when to apply KM solutions and how to track their success
  • Implement a comprehensive KM strategy that leverages the cultural values of your organization

Course Benefits

An organization's true competitive edge is the knowledge it holds--knowledge that is often contained in the minds of individuals where it can't be shared or improved and, frequently, is lost when those individuals leave the organization. A well-designed and implemented Knowledge Management program is essential to compile disconnected pockets of information to strengthen the effectiveness of an organization. In this course, you learn how to build a KM solution that leverages organizational and individual knowledge.

Who Should Attend

Anyone responsible for the management and distribution of knowledge or tasked with implementing a KM initiative within an organization, including directors, program managers, team leaders and department heads.

Course Workshop

Through a series of interactive case studies, you gain the skills to effectively apply Knowledge Management within your organization. Individual and group exercises include:
  • Identifying the value of KM for your organization
  • Designing a model for implementing KM
  • Selecting viable KM projects
  • Creating knowledge assets from interviewing experts
  • Establishing a community of practice
  • Facilitating learning through After Action Reviews
  • Building a viable KM vision for an organization that reflects the reality of its culture
  • Choosing the elements necessary for success
  • Performing a KM audit for an organization
  • Determining the criteria for evaluating a KM project
  • Developing solutions to overcome barriers
  • Preparing a comprehensive and sustainable KM strategy

Related Courses

 
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Upcoming Dates

Jan 21 - 23, 2009
 New York
Feb 4 - 6, 2009
 Toronto
Feb 4 - 6, 2009
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
Feb 11 - 13, 2009
 Los Angeles
Feb 11 - 13, 2009
 Ottawa
Feb 18 - 20, 2009
 Chicago (Schaumburg)
Feb 25 - 27, 2009
 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)
Mar 25 - 27, 2009
 Washington, DC (Reston, VA)
Apr 29 - May 1, 2009
 New York
May 6 - 8, 2009
 Toronto
May 13 - 15, 2009
 Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)
May 27 - 29, 2009
 Chicago (Schaumburg)
Jun 3 - 5, 2009
 Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)
Jun 10 - 12, 2009
 Ottawa
Jun 17 - 19, 2009
 Los Angeles

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Introduction to Knowledge Management

 
Course: 213   Type: RealityPlus   Duration: 3 Days
 
 
Course 213 Content
 

Introduction to Knowledge Management (KM)

Creating a KM model

  • Essential components of your KM model
  • Analyzing your current knowledge state
  • Formulating a mix of knowledge assets and communities of practice

When to employ Knowledge Management

  • Establishing criteria for KM projects
  • Applying KM criteria to select projects
  • Grasping opportunities and avoiding costs

Building Knowledge Assets

Capturing expertise

  • What is expertise?
  • Filling in what experts don't remember
  • Stages of knowledge acquisition
  • Differentiating between tacit and explicit knowledge
  • Uncovering tacit knowledge

Sources of knowledge

  • People
  • Stories
  • Events
  • Documents
  • Interviewing experts
  • Converting one-time events into permanent knowledge assets
  • Analyzing documents and other resources

Compiling knowledge assets

  • Knowing the audience and establishing the scope
  • Distilling principles and guidelines from existing knowledge
  • Checklists
  • Secrets for success
  • Critical factors
  • Assigning the asset curator
  • Implementing feedback loops

Creating Communities of Practice

Facilitating communities of practice

  • Life cycle of communities of practice
  • Creating
  • Growing
  • Sustaining
  • Closing

Forming the community

  • Defining the need and the members
  • The importance of the community coordinator
  • Carrying out the critical initial tasks

Keeping the community going

  • Eliciting both contributions and questions
  • The power of acknowledgement
  • Leveraging e-mail, intranets and wikis
  • Integrating After Action Reviews (AARs)
  • Generating knowledge assets from communities of practice

Designing a Knowledge Management Project

Laying a solid foundation

  • Generating a KM-specific vision
  • Integrating organizational and business goals with KM
  • Determining the real stakeholders
  • Choosing the right KM technique
  • Adapting to company culture

Performing a KM audit

  • Exploring knowledge needs
  • Documenting existing knowledge assets
  • Mapping knowledge flows
  • Selecting optimal KM practices

Delivering a successful project

  • Integrating business case, vision and goal
  • Choosing the right project
  • Identifying KM competencies
  • Constructing an ongoing evaluation process

Implementing Knowledge Management

Measuring the value of KM

  • Evaluating a KM project against business goals
  • Selecting the top five evaluation criteria
  • Establishing the relationship between KM and profits, product timeliness, and more

Overcoming barriers and pitfalls

  • The four major barriers to KM success
  • Culture
  • Rewards and recognition
  • Uncommitted stakeholders
  • Overprotective experts
  • Employing remedies to ensure success

Tailoring a KM strategy for your organization

  • Accounting for your unique business needs
  • Leveraging your organization's culture
  • Ensuring sustainable KM initiatives
 
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Introduction to Knowledge Management Tuition

 
Course: 213   Type: RealityPlus   Duration: 3 Days
 
 

Course Tuition
$ 2,390 Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,350 10-Day Pass
$ 1,670 Training Passport
$ 1,700 Premium-Pass
$ 2,200 Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,155 Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,124 Government Discount
 

 

Your Course Tuition Entitles You To...

  • Class participation
  • Team workshops
  • Use of in-class hands-on equipment
  • Comprehensive course materials
  • Morning and afternoon refreshments
  • Course Completion Certificate awarding Continuing Education Units
  • FREE participation in Professional Certification
  • FREE participation in College Credit programs (including related exams)
  
 

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