Knowledge management essay

Abstract Knowledge management is a broad term that includes tools and theories from various fields. T.D. Wilson had been impeaching the need for knowledge management and he had come to the conclusion that knowledge management is just a fad started by consultancy companies and IT/ICT departments.

Lewis Knowledge Management Information Paper WOSC Class 14-005 14 November 2013 Knowledge Management Application in 1-3 Attack Battalion Within the Army organizations of today knowledge management plays a huge role in the dissemination of information to the unit and it’s soldiers. This is no different for the aviation unit in which I operate.

Explicit knowledge can be collected and managed via infrastructure and information technology solutions such as knowledge management database solutions (Fawzy 2000, Edvarsen 2007), allowing the organisation to take advantage of this accumulated knowledge.

Also, the essay explains the skills required to effectively implement knowledge management process in the workplace through the explanation of knowledge life cycle. According to Fernandez (2004), to define knowledge, we need to distinguish it from data and information.