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What is the purpose of a KM Maturity Model?
To help an organization assess its relative progress in KM implementation and understand the level of adherence to standard KM practices.
ISO standard for Knowledge Management is currently under __________.
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What are the three main areas evaluated by the GKMMM?
The KM Maturity Model is a valuable tool to understand an organization's KM practices before conducting a KM assessment.
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Match the following challenges/opportunities in implementing KM within a research organization:
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What is the main focus of the Capability Maturity Model (CMM)?
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What are the 5 steps in the change management process?
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Which of the following are characteristics of the MAINTENANCE stage in the change process? (Select all that apply)
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Transformational changes are typically smaller in scale and scope compared to adaptive changes.
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The key to successful change for managers involves understanding why change is needed, having a clear plan, communicating effectively, and identifying _____ challenges.
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What is the main purpose of a knowledge map?
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Knowledge mapping reveals weak links and bottlenecks in the flow of knowledge within an organization.
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What is the benefit of linking process maps to knowledge maps?
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Knowledge mapping involves walking an expert, process owner, or team through key questions about their work to understand the __________, __________, and ________ of knowledge.
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Match the following categories of knowledge maps with their descriptions:
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What is one of the barriers to effective knowledge mapping?
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Knowledge mapping techniques are complex and difficult to apply.
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What is the purpose of a KM Audit?
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Study Notes
Knowledge Map
- A visual representation of an organization's knowledge resources, acting as a "snapshot in time" to help the organization understand:
- Critical knowledge needed for a business process or focus area
- Where that knowledge resides
- How knowledge flows between people and systems in the course of doing business
- Powerful tool to inventory an organization's critical knowledge, pinpointing areas at risk and revealing weak links and bottlenecks in the flow of knowledge
- Helps identify improvement opportunities and make targeted adjustments to ensure the right knowledge reaches the right people at the right time
Process Mapping
- Useful precedent activity for knowledge mapping, ensuring that knowledge links to the way people work
- Involves identifying a small team with deep knowledge of the process, labeling functions, identifying steps, sequencing steps, and drawing connection lines
Creating and Using Knowledge Maps
- Involves asking key questions about work, including:
- What knowledge is required to successfully get work done?
- Who has that knowledge, or how can it be accessed?
- When and where is the knowledge needed?
- Organizations use different types of knowledge maps depending on the goal of the exercise, including:
- Enterprise knowledge maps (high-level view of an organization's knowledge)
- Cross-functional knowledge maps (cataloging an organization's knowledge and experts in specific business units)
- Process- or role-based knowledge maps (narrowest in scope, outlining the knowledge required to perform a job role or business process)
Categories of Maps
- Enterprise knowledge maps:
- Strategic Overview Map (largest in scope, used to gauge the level of knowledge or expertise an organization has to meet its strategic goals)
- Expertise Overview Map (broad understanding of what knowledge an organization has in various parts of the business and what knowledge may be at risk)
- Cross-functional knowledge maps:
- Expertise Tacit Map (identify specific experts and their areas of expertise)
- Technical/Functional Knowledge Map (clearly understand an organization's strengths and gaps within specific technical or functional knowledge domains)
- Process- and role-based knowledge maps:
- Process-based Map (identifies specific knowledge needs and sources, recipients, locations, and formats of knowledge within a process or domain)
- Job/Role-based Map (inventories the knowledge required for various jobs or roles)
- Competency/Learning Needs Map (articulates the learning or competency needs associated with a business process or job role)
Risk and Gap Analysis
- Identify knowledge loss risks and gaps by asking:
- What critical knowledge is missing?
- What (or who) hinders the flow of knowledge? Why?
- What (or who) enhances the flow of knowledge? Why?
- What are the next steps for the knowledge map?
- Determine why knowledge gaps exist and identify opportunities to create value by connecting people and sharing knowledge
Knowledge Mapping Benefits
- Brings stakeholders together to think critically about the knowledge involved in their work
- Surfaces areas where critical knowledge may be at risk
- Identifies opportunities to create value by connecting people and sharing knowledge
- Facilitates the transfer of knowledge from subject matter experts to less-experienced employees
- Relatively easy to apply, even by teams with minimal experience
Barriers to Effective Knowledge Mapping
- Not understanding the knowledge flow process inside the organization
- Not having the right team members on a knowledge mapping team
- "Knowledge is power" syndrome (some employees are reluctant to share their knowledge)
- Failure to understand the end goal
Using Knowledge Maps and Keeping Them Current
- Knowledge mapping is a useful exercise, but it is not an end in itself
- Use the maps as jumping-off points to identify gaps and implement KM tools and approaches to improve the quality and flow of knowledge
KM Audit
- Systematic evaluation of an organization's knowledge management processes, systems, and practices to assess their effectiveness and identify areas for improvement
- Six types of KM audits:
- Audit of the Knowledge Management Framework
- Audit of the KM culture
- Audit of the knowledge itself
- Audit of one or more Communities of Practice
- High-level KM maturity assessment of the organization
- Audit against a KM standard
KM Maturity Level
- The level of maturity refers to the degree of development, capability, or readiness within a particular context
- In the context of knowledge management, maturity levels indicate how well-established, effective, and advanced implemented processes and strategies are within an organization
- Maturity levels:
- Initial (processes are not consciously controlled)
- Repeated (organizations have recognized the importance of knowledge management activities)
- Defined (stable and practiced activities that effectively support the KM of individual parts of the organization)
- Managed (indicators relating to the efficiency of these robust KM activities are measured regularly)
- Optimizing (the measuring instruments combine with other instruments for strategic control)### Capturing and Sharing Knowledge Management
- Capturing and sharing knowledge of an aging workforce and promoting best practices are essential for successful KM.
- Implementing KM practices can enhance trust within public sector organizations.
Key Challenges in Public Sector
- Creating a collaborative culture: breaking down silos and encouraging knowledge sharing across departments.
- Accelerating innovation: promoting innovation through knowledge creation.
- Improving service quality and service-oriented mindset: adopting a customer-centric approach to provide quality services.
- Overcoming bureaucracy: overcoming rigid, inflexible organizational structures, work processes, procedures, rules, and systems.
Change Management
- The Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is a Stages of Change Model that helps understand how people go through changes in behavior.
- The TTM consists of 6 stages: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, Maintenance, and Relapse.
- Each stage has its own characteristics, strategies, and goals to overcome barriers to change.
Stages of Change
- Precontemplation: recognizing the need for change and analyzing personal actions and behavior.
- Contemplation: recognizing the benefits and consequences of change.
- Preparation: making small changes to prepare for larger changes.
- Action: taking direct action towards a goal.
- Maintenance: maintaining new behavior and avoiding temptation.
- Relapse: overcoming setbacks and restarting the change process.
Organizational Change
- Adaptive Change: small, gradual, iterative changes to evolve products, processes, and strategies.
- Transformational Change: larger, dramatic changes that signify a departure from the status quo.
5 Steps in the Change Management Process
- Prepare the Organization for Change: generating awareness and buy-in for change.
- Craft a Vision and Plan for Change: developing a strategic plan for change.
- Implement the Changes: implementing the plan and empowering employees to achieve goals.
- Embed Changes Within Company Culture and Practices: preventing reversion to the prior state and embedding changes in company culture.
- Review Progress and Analyze Results: conducting a post-mortem analysis to evaluate the success of the change initiative.
4 Elements of Effective Plans for Change
- Strategic Goals: defining the objectives of the change initiative.
- Key Performance Indicators: establishing metrics to measure the success of the initiative.
- Project Stakeholders and Team: identifying who will be involved in the change process.
- Project Scope: defining the specific steps and actions included in the project.
The Key to Successful Change for Managers
- Understanding why change is needed.
- Having a clear plan.
- Communicating effectively.
- Identifying potential challenges.
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A knowledge map is a visual representation of an organization's knowledge resources, providing a snapshot of critical knowledge, its location, and flow. It's a powerful tool for inventorying and identifying areas at risk.
