Case # 9-603-062 Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory This case focuses on knowledge management (KM) at NASA after a mandate to move from “expensive‚ infrequent‚ heavily engineered” projects to “Faster‚ Better‚ Cheaper” projects has been in place for almost ten years. Read the case‚ discuss it with your team members‚ and then answer the following questions. Summary Jeanne Holm‚ Chief Knowledge Architect for NASA faces
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McKinsey Matrix (The GE multi factoral) With the help of McKinsey and Company‚ a leading consulting group‚ the General Electric Company (GE) developed a popular business portfolio analysis tool called the GE Multifactor Portfolio Matrix. This tool helps managers develop organizational strategy that is based primarily on market attractiveness and business strengths. Industry attractiveness might be determined by such factors as the rate of industry growth‚ the number of competitors in an industry
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A New Focus for McKinsey Rajat Gupta‚ a 20-year veteran committed to decide to put emphasis on knowledge development‚ launched a four-pronged attack to help McKinsey to build up their long tern capital. First‚ he capitalized the firm’s long tern investment by creating come new channels and forums for knowledge development and organizational learning. Second‚ he created a Practice Olympic to encourage regional offices to extend ideas that grew out of client engagement. Third‚ he assigned senior
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11/18/2009 Managing Information Systems – Ch. 11 Managing Knowledge and Collaboration 1 Learning Objectives • Assess the role of knowledge management and knowledge management programs in business • Describe the types of systems used for enterprise-wide knowledge management and demonstrate how they provide value for organizations • Describe the major types of knowledge work systems and assess how they provide value for firms • Evaluate the business benefits of using intelligent techniques
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Nationals in Business Management | Unit Title: Managing Communications‚ Information & Knowledge (MCKI) | Unit Code: 16 | Date Issued: 11.02.13 | Student Name: | Student ID: | Date Received: | Lecturer Name: | Internal Verifiers Name: | | Outcomes and assessment requirements | Outcomes | Assessment requirements | | | To achieve each outcome a learner must demonstrate the ability to: | 1 | Assess information and knowledge needs internallyand externally to improve decision
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Review on McKinsey & Company: Managing Knowledge and Learning. Harvard Business School. Article 9-396-357. Rev. January 4‚ 2000 ------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is fundamentally a cognitive phenomenon (Geisler‚ 2007.p. 467) which is embedded in the intellectual capital: the human and structural capital (Bercerra-Fernandez‚ Gonzales and Rajiv Sabherwal‚ 2002‚ p.3) of organizations. The acquisition or to be more precise to capture‚ preserve and to share knowledge has thus
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Bradford College of Management Unit 16: Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information Candidate Name:............................................................................ Candidate ID:..................... Date of Issues: 23rd May 2011 Date of Submission: 07 July 2011 Receiver signature:....................................................................date:........................................... ------------------------------------------------- Assessor
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4 4.1) Methodologies to working capital management……………………………5 5) Benefit of information and knowledge management………………………………5-6 6) Use of ICT in Environmental scanning ……………………………………………………..7 6.1) Use of ICT in benchmarking………………………………………………………………8 8) Difference between conventional and learning organization…………………..9 8.1) Relationship between organizational learning and competitive advantage…..9-10 8.2) Competitive advantage strategy for competitors………………………………10
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Information & Work-based knowledge To: Maersk Line of Management Alan Ho From: Communication Manager Liu Zuo Jun Subject: Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information Date: 28 November 2011 Summary We are continue talking about Maersk Line information and work-based knowledge. Having 2 tasks. Outcome
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INTRODUCTION This Report has been prepared for “Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information” Module. This is designed to support the Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information in the organization with additional background reading. According to this Report I try to give some ideas to identify personal weaknesses and improvement to rectifying that to achieve common goals. And I want to give knowledge about new system‚ innovations and new ideas to get right information to the organization
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