Review and Comparative Analysis of Distributed Knowledge Management Systems

Distributed technologies attract researchers interest as they propose many technological, but as well organizational and end-user benefits. With development of Web 2.0 and Cloud computing, distributed networks are considered as new source of business opportunities. The present research will identify advantages and limitations of distributed knowledge management systems (DKMS). Thus technologies and models of distrubuted KMS will be assessed as an alternative approach to centralized KMS. A review of several theoretical DKMS model will be made in order to outline the common characteristics and alternative approaches to DKMS architecture. At the end will be summarised conclusions for development of new theoretical model of user-centered DKMS

A note on organizational learning and knowledge sharing in the context of communities of practice

Please, cite this publication as: Antonova, A. & Gourova, E. (2006). A note on organizational learning and knowledge sharing in the context of communities of practice. Proceedings of International Workshop in Learning Networks for Lifelong Competence Development, TENCompetence Conference. September 12th, Sofia, Bulgaria: TENCompetence. Retrieved June 30th, 2006, from http://dspace.learningnetworks.orgThe knowledge management (KM) literature emphasizes the impact of human factors for successful implementation of KM within the organization. Isolated initiatives for promoting learning organization and team collaboration, without taking consideration of the knowledge sharing limitations and constraints can defeat further development of KM culture. As an effective instrument for knowledge sharing, communities of practice (CoP) are appearing to overcome these constraints and to foster human collaboration.This work has been sponsored by the EU project TENCompetenc

Bridging the Digital Divide in South-Eastern Europe

The main aim of the paper is to raise some issues related to the access and usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in South-Eastern Europe. It is based on the results of a recent project and highlights the trends and the remaining challenges for ICT development in the region. A short review is made on the changes in the concept of Digital Divide with the time, and in particular on the most recent understanding about the need for facilitating access and usage of information and knowledge, and their usage for the competitiveness of the industry

Knowledge Management Training at Universities

The paper will focus on four topics: It will initially consider knowledge management (KM) challenges and benefits. Second, it will present the approach for building KM curricula within the project TRAINMOR KNOWMORE. It will outline the project experience and the results of the needs analysis carried out. In addition, the paper will highlight the practical experience at 3 universities in Bulgaria and outline the further challenges for research and education. On this basis will be discussed KM integration in university programs – at which level, which emphasis, necessary background of the students. Finally, KM importance for T-shaped specialists will be included in the concluding remarks of the paper

MODELING CONCEPT DESIGN OF INNOVATION PLATFORM

The transformation of the innovation processes is a fact and new forms of cooperation and partnership among companies and research community emerge. The paper presents a model of concept design of Innovation platform, based on the 4 networked innovation models. Knowledge management is a common approach, providing opportunity for better knowledge exploitation in innovation life-cycle and considering new types of cooperation among innovation seekers and innovation providers. The Innovation platform concept design proposes unique opportunity for generation, exploitation and dissemination of innovation ideas and products, enhancing various forms of interaction and networking between different end-users. Finally, a link of the Innovation platform and organizational knowledge portal is discussed as part of one integrated knowledge management process

Conceptual Framework of Innovative KMS Design within the Perspectives of Enterprise 2.0 and Cloud Computing

Today, the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 is not an option, but a must for knowledge-based organizations within the changing social paradigms. The new-coming generation of employees and customers expect the technological proficiency to be part of the customer-centered business models. On their turn, organizations need to apply new forms of cooperation with their employees, customers, suppliers and partners. The knowledge is recognized as crucial resource and its efficient management determines sustainability and survival of the businesses. Knowledge management is widely accepted management practice within companies, but knowledge management systems in fact are rarely used by knowledge workers. Within the shift of emerging Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing, KMS have to be reconsidered from more social and user-focused perspective. An overview of the existing KMS architectures is made and main characteristics, advantages and limitations of the social software components are identified and assessed. At the end, a new model of user-centric architecture for distributed KMS is proposed, based on Cloud Computing and Enterprise 2.0 paradigm

Serious Games and Virtual Worlds for High-level Learning Experiences

The present research aims to discuss the role of serious games and virtual worlds as emerging technologies leading to high-level learning experiences. A review of theoretical concepts for knowledge acquisition and learning is provided, focusing on the role of personal experiences and trial-anderror methods. Some of the basic characteristic of serious games and virtual worlds have been reviewed and their main advantages and limitations for elearning are discussed. Thus a model for interactive virtual environment, integrating SG&VW and e-Learning is proposed, aiming to deliver high-order learning experiences. Finally the paper discovers some of the main limitations of SG and VW in practice and provide a number of considerations for their wider integration in the learning process

CONCEPTUAL KMS ARCHITECTURE WITHIN ENTERPRISE 2.0 AND CLOUD COMPUTING

Today, the adoption of Enterprise 2.0 is not an option, but a must for knowledge-based organizations within the changing social paradigms. The new-coming generation of employees and customers expect technological proficiency to be part of the customer-centered business models. On their turn, organizations need to apply new forms of cooperation with their employees, customers, suppliers and partners. The knowledge is recognized as crucial resource and its efficient management determines sustainability and survival of the businesses. Knowledge management is widely accepted management practice within companies, but knowledge management systems in fact are rarely used by knowledge workers (Davenport, 2005). Within the shift of emerging Web 2.0 and cloud computing, KMS have to be reconsidered from more social and user-focused perspective. An overview of the existing KMS architectures is made and main characteristics, advantages and limitations of the social software components are identified and assessed. At the end, a new model of user-centric architecture for distributed KMS is proposed, based on cloud computing and Enterprise 2.0 paradigm

REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENTi

The present paper focuses on Knowledge Management (KM) as a new managerial discipline emerging in the last few years of the 20th century. The main emphasis of the paper is on the technological solutions applied in the organizations at different stages of the KM life cycle. It makes a classification of the types of technologies described in the theory and practice based on the main KM processes. Finally, are presented survey data on the real application of various knowledge management technologies in the organizations

How to Extend the ICT Used at Companies for Transferring and Sharing Knowledge

Knowledge sharing (KS) is recognized today as an increasingly important management problem because it reflects the capacity of organizations to absorb and profit from individual knowledge and to transform it to company market value proposition. Knowledge transfer (KT) is defined as the process of more general and abstract knowledge exchange via ICT. ICT plays an important role for KT, but in practice they are moderately used within the organization. The present paper aims to overview the concepts of KS and KT. As a result it will propose a model for KS´s impact on KT. After this an empirical research conducted among 200 HU and 157 BG managers will present how these managers rank competences, motivation practices and techniques for KS and how it influences KT and thus reflect on the use of ICT