Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Knowledge Management positions (a proposal)

                                                                                        5 Jan 2012
                   
A number of ambitious and potentially on-going projects that promise to have
a far reaching impact on the functioning (and, by implication, the world
standing and ranking) of the Institute are being planned. In order to be
able to implement these, a clear division of labour is required.
Accordingly, it is recommended that NCSI hire personnel with the following
designation and responsibilities:

   [The US navy has identified knowledge management (KM) as a distinct
    career path for civilian staff and has the following job titles and
    descriptions. These may be replicated in NCSI as they are applicable
    across all public sector agencies considering adopting a knowledge
    management initiative]

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1. Chief Knowledge Officer(CKO):

   Manages the knowledge sharing process at the command level; leads
   efforts to move the organisation to knowledge centricity; requires
   a dedication to KM principles, the ability to discuss the benefits
   of knowledge sharing, and the vision to ensure that KM initiatives
   are adopted by the organization.. fosters cultural change, defines
   roles, skill sets and opportunities for knowledge workers and
   facilitates training and education of knowledge workers.

2. Knowledge Manager(KM) : Working with the CKO to implement KM
  initiatives, manages KM efforts. Looking across KM processes to
  capture tacit and explicit knowledge and often involves balancing
  technology, information, processes, and individual and organizational
  learning within a culture of shared values.

3. Knowledge System Engineer (KSE): This involves turning KM ideas
   into workable solutions by engineering appropriate knowledge-sharing
   Internet/Intranet sites, rules-based systems, portals, databases, etc.
   Requires intimate knowledge of the systems, architectures,
   technologies, standards and protocols for KM.

4. Knowledge Process Manager(KPM): This position involves focusing
   on the organizational processes of KM and content integration;
 manages the efforts of the knowledge transfer engineer, knowledge
   research engineer and knowledge life-cycle engineer. Develops process
   models for optimal organizational effectiveness.

5. Knowledge Transfer Engineer (KTE): Involves capturing and codifying
   tacit knowledge, making it available for reuse. Connects people to
   enable the transfer of tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge.

6. Knowledge Research Engineer(KRE): Involves making explicit knowledge
   from available resources and integrating content in KM systems into
   easily accessible knowledge for decision makers.

7. Knowledge Life-Cycle Engineer (KLE): Ensures information for knowledge
   systems is current, appropriate and changed as needed; handles
   information creation and disposal for the organization.

8. Knowledge Community Leader (KCL): Facilitates the operation of
   communities of practice across organizations to foster innovation,
   improved performance and collaboration.

9. Intellectual Capital Manager (ICM): Develops the workforce and ensures
   the human capital aspects of knowledge management are fully integrated.
   The ICM uses KM to increase the performance and the learning of the
   organization and identifies gaps in KM competencies.

10. Performance Measurement Engineer (PME): Focuses on measuring and
   assessing the knowledge-centric organization model implementation
   and architecture. The PME performs analysis, develops predictive
   models,shows the potential impact of change, and provides implications
   for validation of the knowledge-centric organization model.

11. Knowledge Assurance Manager (KAM): Ensures the assimilation of
   information and knowledge is protected from unauthorized access and/or
   disclosure.

Reference:
McNabb E.D.2007. Knowledge Management in the public sector: 
A blueprint for innovation in government. New York: M.E.Sharpe.
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Manu Rajan
National Centre for Science Information
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560 012




email: manu.rajan134@gmail.com
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