By Naguib Chowdhury

Does an organization really need to have a set of Policies to implement and institutionalize knowledge management? - Or Knowledge management can be enforced without any ‘stick & carrot’ policy?

As KM involves management of both tangible and intangible assets, how far a written policy can influence its practices is still a concern. According to David Skyrme, “A 'Policy' sounds prescriptive, which is generally the last thing one should develop to create a knowledge sharing culture”.

  By Radziah Yusof

Have you ever thought how are you going to measure your organization’s KM success? Or probably, even before starting your KM initiatives, where does your company stand, in terms of managing resources? Of course this is some basic questions that you first have to analyze so that you will have a better overall picture of your KM directions.