Knowledge Management for Development
Knowledge Management is about having the right information at the right place and at the right time. It captures, filters and assimilates organisational knowledge and streamlines it for maximum utilisation of organisational goals. It is critical for effective and efficient operations in the development field.
Participants
You are a project manager, team leader, human resource professional, knowledge manager or consultant that would like to understand the tools and methodology for managing knowledge flows within your own or other organisations. You may also be a professional in any field that simply wants to gain insight into the differences between raw data, information and knowledge. You are also looking ahead and want to learn how to set up systems to make efficient and effective use of that knowledge.
What KMD Participants say
"An enriching course."
"This course is very useful for anyone who wants to turn the bulk of information available within networks and organisations into relevant knowledge!"
"Excellent, worth taking."
"Very interesting and useful."
Course objectives
At the end of the course:
- You will understand what knowledge and knowledge management is and what it can mean for you
- You will know the uniqueness and relevance of knowledge management for development
- You will be able to start a participatory process to develop a knowledge management strategy
- You will gain insight in the importance and adoption of effective technology to support knowledge processes
- Finally, you will gain ideas how to stimulate staff in your organisation to become active actors in knowledge processes
Background materials
What is Knowledge Management?
We once heard knowledge management likened to herding cats. Stop for a minute and imagine yourself in a large room - or even a field - full of cats, trying to herd them towards one corner. Not going well, is it?
So if you can’t herd cats, how could you get them to do what you want? You might suggest providing scratching-posts, saucers of milk, warm fires and balls of wool - components that
go to make up the right environment. That is exactly the view we take when thinking about knowledge management!
Check out this document to continue reading and to do our KM Self assessment.
Course outline
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