atw: Re: Knowledge management

I looked into the term 'knowledge management' a few years ago and 
concluded that it is so vague as to be almost meaningless. As a concept, 
it belongs in the category of 'management fads'.
Christine Kent wrote:

>Guys
>
>I have been out of corporate for a while and am beginning to fall behind in
>some areas.  For example, what does knowledge management mean now?  Are
>there any off-the-shelf systems that are particularly associated with
>knowledge management, as distinct from content management, records
>management or document management.
>
>Can something like SharePoint, at a stretch, be regarded as knowledge
>management system, or does it come under some other banner?  It contains
>'enterprise content management' which seems to cover a lot of KM, but also
>includes collaboration etc.
>
>The reason I ask is that the TAFE division has a course " BSBINM302A Utilise
>a knowledge management system" and I keep telling my workmates that this
>course cannot be written as a generic course because every KM system will be
>different.  
>
>However, I am wondering if there is starting to be something generic out
>there that we could teach about.  We are only talking certificate III level,
>which means average user level, not techo or high end user.
>
>Christine
>
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