What is Knowledge Management (KM)?
“a concious strategy for moving the right knowledge to the right people at the right time … to be translated into action to improve the organisational performance”.
O’Dell C., Grayson, J. If only we knew what we know: the transfer of knowledge and best practice. New York: The Free Press, 1998.
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Journals
Journal of knowledge management
Journal of organizational knowledge management
Knowledge management research and practice
Other journals
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Reports
A New Journey to Health – health information seeking behaviour across the generations – ILC-UK, 2015
Principles for Knowledge Management for Development – lessons from innovation by Ian Thorpe
Knowledge Management in Public Health: Building the Skills and the Community – October 2015
Books – We have put together some book lists on popular topics
Websites
Glossary of health knowledge management terms
KMT – an educational KM site – an overview of KM including models and tools
KM stories – tales that show how information professionals can help make improvements by linking problems with solutions, or making introductions between people which then create or have the potential to create change.
Knowledge Management Learning Resources – Department of Health
Promotional material
The Knowledge Management Framework for Health Informatics provides a set of tools and techniques to help people to learn before, during and after everything they do so that good practice can be replicated and pitfalls are avoided – Postcards