Janette Young

by Janette Young
(Northumberland, United Kingdom)

A consultant and trainer in Knowledge Management with a specialism in knowledge creation. Interested in intangible aspects of knowledge management including collaboration, communities, innovative leadership. Tailor-made innovative leadership workshops available. Complement the companies professinal development by meeting the change through developing staff. I think that Valuing the tangibles makes the company ultimately more innovative. My background has been in higher education where I was a Senior Lecturer in various Universities teaching knowledge management for many years. I am very passionate about my subject specialism.

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Jul 26, 2011
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by: Anonymous

Hi Abdulaziz,

With reference to your question ? as I am enthusiastic about knowledge creation I would recommend you read the following books as a starter:

Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) The Knowledge Creating Company. Oxford Univ Press (A book and on Kindle)

Also why not look at a reader such as: Knowledge Horizons: The Power and the Promises of Knowledge Management by Charles Despres and Daniel Chauvel (2000).

The first book looks at knowledge creation and the importance of tacit knowledge. The latter is a reader and has a first chapter which gives details of the history of KM. Most would agree KM started early to mid 1990?s. In the early days KM was often quite systems focused, but then developed to focus on people and culture before broadening out to link to intellectual and social capital. KM perspectives are quite broad as this is an inter-disciplinary subject. As such it can links to a wide range of perspective including KM and technology to strategy, community, HR and intellectual capital to mention a few.

Journals include the Journal of Knowledge Management and the International Journal of Knowledge Management.

This is a new field so lots of new buzzing ideas arise regularly, however, I think the development of this area into social and intellectual capital is the most interesting in the forseeable future. I am myself keen on these concepts as they suggest that value derives from the ?intangibles? rather than just the tangibles.

There is a typing error in my original statement above which I have asked to be changed, as I am someone who very much believes in the ?intangibles?.

Hope this helps you get started.

Janette Young
Jul 26, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Knowledge Management Starting Out
by: Anonymous

Hi Abdulaziz,

With reference to your question ? as I am enthusiastic about knowledge creation I would recommend you read the following books as a starter:

Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) The Knowledge Creating Company. Oxford Univ Press (A book and on Kindle)

Also why not look at a reader such as: Knowledge Horizons: The Power and the Promises of Knowledge Management by Charles Despres and Daniel Chauvel (2000).

The first book looks at knowledge creation and the importance of tacit knowledge. The latter is a reader and has a first chapter which gives details of the history of KM. Most would agree KM started early to mid 1990?s. In the early days KM was often quite systems focused, but then developed to focus on people and culture before broadening out to link to intellectual and social capital. KM perspectives are quite broad as this is an inter-disciplinary subject. As such it can links to a wide range of perspective including KM and technology to strategy, community, HR and intellectual capital to mention a few.

Journals include the Journal of Knowledge Management and the International Journal of Knowledge Management.

This is a new field so lots of new buzzing ideas arise regularly, however, I think the development of this area into social and intellectual capital is the most interesting in the forseeable future. I am myself keen on these concepts as they suggest that value derives from the ?intangibles? rather than just the tangibles.

There is a typing error in my original statement above which I have asked to be changed, as I am someone who very much believes in the ?intangibles?.

Hope this helps you get started.


Janette Young
Jul 14, 2011
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starstarstarstarstar 		Just starting in KM
by: Anonymous

Dear Janette,

I am interested in KM and just starting. I almost know nothing about KM.

Please guide e on how I can start understanding KM history, different definitions of KM, what journal to visit and how to know the latest issues in KM?

Many thanks and regards,

Abdulaziz M. A.

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