tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396459363987367537.post2491817817229324485..comments2013-05-30T06:50:44.819-07:00Comments on One step beyond: Knowledge Mobilization for the corporategeraldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04499751971824812463noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396459363987367537.post-77250104269561400332011-03-27T06:20:39.953-07:002011-03-27T06:20:39.953-07:00@researchimpact
Openess and externalities is a ver...@researchimpact<br />Openess and externalities is a very interesting subject with regards to KM and KMb. <br />As I see it, here both KM and KMb overlap. Recent considerations (very much also driven by the changes due to Social Media and Web2.0) have identified that KM is not limited to the internal, but shall / must go beyond the corporate borders, in order to create a win situation for the company, the company shall / must include and engage not only internal forces but also the customers, partners and suppliers into its Knowledge Management activities.<br />On the other hand, what is the motivation for these customers, partners and suppliers to engage in the company's KM activities? Certainly not just because they are so good guys. So in order to make this work, indeed it is essential to create win-win situations. These win-win situations might be biliteral (or multi-literal), so yet still not completely open (e.g. a community only open for 2 companies) or it can be "omnilateral" completely open, e.g. blogs open for the public, then the win-win-win... situations extends to the society: Knowledge Mobilization.<br /><br />regards<br />geraldgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499751971824812463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396459363987367537.post-63227598134236018942011-03-24T05:38:54.589-07:002011-03-24T05:38:54.589-07:00other key distinctions between KM and KMb is openn...other key distinctions between KM and KMb is openness and externalities. <br /><br />KMb drives an organizations knowledge to the outside. It is shared for collaboration between organizations. it is for the benefit of an organization other than one's own. My own organization can and will benefit from the collaboration but only if the partner organization(s) with whom I am collaborating also benefit. If a company shares it's information freely in order to benefit itself and its collaborators it is practicing KMb. One example of this is Procter & Gamble's Connect Develop where they open their available IP to collaborators.<br /><br />This drives the other distinction: openness.<br /><br />You can't have a true collaboration if you're holding all the cards. If you're keeping your knowledge internal you are managing it. If you are sharing your knowledge openly you are mobilizing it.<br /><br />In the public and community sectors we share knowledge openly. Social enterprises have also embraced this paradigm. While companies have to compete there is an emerging literature about collaborating to compete. Follow the knowledge flows in those collaborations and you'll see if you're managing or mobilizing your knowledge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396459363987367537.post-67196922463007443542011-03-24T02:26:11.936-07:002011-03-24T02:26:11.936-07:00@KMbeing:
I have to thank you, as coming from the ...@KMbeing:<br />I have to thank you, as coming from the corporate side (Knowledge Management), it was the discussion and your posts that opened my thinking towards Knowledge Mobilization, stay tuned, there is more to come, this was only the preparation of the ground.<br /><br />regards<br />geraldgeraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04499751971824812463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7396459363987367537.post-3890939873994408622011-03-23T06:41:52.400-07:002011-03-23T06:41:52.400-07:00Danke Gerard! Thank you Gerard! I'm very pleas...Danke Gerard! Thank you Gerard! I'm very pleased to see you making the distinction between Knowledge Management and Knowledge Mobilization. <br /><br />Great informative blog that helps contribute to our understanding and clarify definitions and terminology. <br /><br />Thank you also for including my KMb model in your blog. Much appreciated! I have also included a link to this blog in my recent blogAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com