Knowledge management

Definition

Knowledge management is management with regard to knowledge.

Abbreviation

KM

Generic relations

Superordinate concept in the generic relation is:

• Management

Life cycle

Possible actions in the life cycle of knowledge are in alphabetical order:

1. Acquiring knowledge
2. Archiving knowledge
3. Capturing knowledge
4. Codifying knowledge
5. Creating knowledge
6. Curing knowledge
7. Deleting knowledge
8. Developing knowledge
9. Discarting knowledge
10. Distributing knowledge
11. Eliciting knowledge
12. Extracting knowledge
13. Engineering knowledge
14. Enriching knowledge
15. Evaluating knowledge
16. Exchanging knowledge
17. Extracting knowledge
18. Identifying knowledge
19. Organizing knowledge
20. Producing knowledge
21. Protecting knowledge
22. Rectifying knowledge
23. Representing knowlegde
24. Reasoning knowledge
25. Retrieving knowledge
26. Reviewing knowledge
27. Securing knowledge
28. Sharing knowledge
29. Storing knowledge
30. Transfering knowledge
31. Updating knowledge
32. Using knowledge

Characteristics

Characteristics of knowledge management are:

• Efficiency
• Effectivity