Organising knowledge : taxonomies, knowledge and organisational effectiveness / Patrick Lambe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambe, Patrick, 1960-

Series:

Chandos knowledge management series.

Chandos knowledge management series

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 277 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Chandos Publishing, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Taxonomies are often thought to play a niche role within content-oriented knowledge management projects. They are thought to be 'nice to have' but not essential. In this ground-breaking book, Patrick Lambe shows how they play an integral role in helping organizations coordinate and communicate effectively. Through a series of case studies, he demonstrates the range of ways in which taxonomies can help organizations to leverage and articulate their knowledge. A step-by-step guide in the book to running a taxonomy project is full of practical advice for knowledge managers and business owners ali

Contents:

Cover; Organising Knowledge:Taxonomies, Knowledgeand OrganisationalEffectiveness; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Preface; Introduction; About the author; 1Defining our terms; Can we organise knowledge?; What are taxonomies?; Taxonomy as artificial memory; Taxonomy work; 2Taxonomies can take many forms; Lists; Tree structures; Hierarchies; Polyhierarchies; Matrices; Facets; System maps; Practical implications of different taxonomy forms; 3Taxonomies and infrastructure for organisational effectiveness; Organisational ineffectiveness; The problem of Babel

Taxonomies as boundary objectsInformation and knowledge infrastructure; 4Taxonomies and activities for organisational effectiveness; Risk; Costs; Customers and markets; Innovation; 5Taxonomies and knowledge management; Taxonomies and findability; Taxonomies and content management; Taxonomies and knowledge management; Logos/Information; Sophos/Expertise and learning; Pathos/Collaboration; Ethos/Culture; 6What do we want our taxonomies to do?; What taxonomies do; Making sense of taxonomy work; When taxonomies go bad; 7Preparing for a taxonomy project; Step 1: Meet project sponsor

Step 2: Engage stakeholdersStep 3: Refine project purpose; Step 4: Design the approach; Step 5: Build the communication plan; Step 6: Start the governance process; 8Designing your taxonomy; The cognitive constraints on taxonomy design; Step 7: Collect vocabularies and organising principles; Step 8: Facet analysis; Step 9: Test and observe; 9Implementing your taxonomy; Step 10: Plan the instantiation of your taxonomy; Step 11: Integrate your taxonomy into the infrastructure; Step 12: Secure the governance process; 10The future of taxonomy work; Ontologies and machine intelligence

Folksonomies and rich serendipityEnhancing usefulness in folksonomies; Taxonomies vs folksonomies?; Towards an array of knowledge infrastructure tools; The benefits of diversity in knowledge and information infrastructure; Spimes and the future of taxonomies; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781780632001

1780632002

9781843342281

1843342286

OCLC:

883364040