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Sharing The Wealth

Sharing the Wealth

A Successful Information Management Strategy Builds
A Strong Confluence of Technology and Culture

Outline
I. Introduction
II. Overview
a. Goals of Information Management
b. Information Management vs. Knowledge Management
c. Benefits it brings the organization
III. Technological Factors
i. Managing Codified Knowledge
(Managing Codified Knowledge)
ii. Connecting People and IT
(An Organizational Memory Approach to Information Management)
IV. Cultural Factors
i. Corporate Controls
(The Role of Organizational Controls In Managing Knowledge)
ii. Social Networks
(Knowing What We Know: Supporting Knowledge Creation and Sharing in Social Networks)
iii. Diversity
(Team Diversity and Information Use)
V. Conclusions

Abstract

Knowledge serves strategic, operational, optimization and error-avoiding roles in an organization. The purpose of this research is to explore the dimensions of the task, and to demonstrate that a successful information management strategy requires that both the availability of information (via technology) and the utilization of information (via culture) be addressed if the organization is to achieve improvements in efficiency and productivity. Studies from five academic journals has lead me to hypothesize that technology can be a strong facilitator but knowledge management requires an understanding of and willingness to make use of both technology and social science.

Thesis: A successful information management strategy requires both the availability of information (accomplished with technology) and the utilization of information (accomplished culturally) to achieve improvements in efficiency and productivity in the organization.

Organizations have always struggled to accumulate, organize, and use information. Knowing what activities to pursue, and how best to pursue them is critical to the continuous process of exploitation, adaptation, and optimization that characterizes the organization in...