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Subject:Is KM a Fad From:Rajeeva De Alwis Jayasinghe <rcde2 -at- student -dot- monash -dot- edu> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:38:07 +1000 (EST)
Hi all,
I recently read an interesting article titled ?The Fad that forgot the people? which talks about re-engineering and how it went wrong. The article can be found at http://www.fastcompany.com/online/01/reengin.html
The author of the article is Thomas H. Davenport and published by Fast company Magazine.
In recent times there has been a great interest and drive towards Knowledge Management (KM) and its importance in organizations. Most document management systems and similar technologies claim that their products are tools for Knowledge management. Is this true?? Can Knowledge Management be a Fad like re-engineering? Is it just a passing stage in technology enhancement or is it really here to stay? Is KM technology really worth all this fuss?? After all knowledge management existed in organizations before all these technologies came to existence. Therefore will this be just another passing stage where tech-companies make a quick buck? Wasn?t this true during the days of re-engineering? What do you think?
Regards
Rajeeva Jaysinghe
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