KAM

KAM

Abstract

Here in this paper we are going to discuss knowledge management system and auditing with the help of numerous published articles and web-based sources easily available on our fingertips. Knowledge is power. The old saying has never been truer then these high-tech and information hungry times. Knowledge management these days is a focus for almost all businesses and organizations no matter how large they are or where in the world they are operating. The utilization of globally spread knowledge is as important as enabling our own information to be spread joining the circle and contributing to the flow of global information. Information technology has been linked with almost every old pattern of business now and on the surface it might seem that technology is the only ingredient in making this global phenomenon come to life, which is not so true. Despite the many facets and aspects that play a part in the knowledge management system and auditing, there is no identifiable structure or crisp definition for it. That is why in its start this paper focuses on such points that are almost as widely spread over the literature. Furthermore, many topics in related researches are grouped under the theme of knowledge management system and auditing in order to identify clear areas of research thereby causing an inflationary overuse of the words “knowledge management system" and " auditing ". But here this paper instead of filling its contents with intentional verbosity, our approach is quite goal-oriented. In addition, many of these research areas are further convoluted with links and interactions to other, nor-related research that need to be considered. Finally, the lack of accurate measurability severely hampers the statistical assessment of suitability of a stated hypothesis. But this paper is rather unconventional and attempts to dig out the actual problems and stumbling blocks that hamper the process of auditing. While above-mentioned factor pertaining to the lack of accurate measurability of “the process of knowledge management system" is true for the entire field of education, it is particularly acute in researches directly related on such topics. For this reason, published articles have the search for an explanation of actions and phenomena in common as a general rule all, albeit from different points of views. But this paper is, as mentioned above is rather goal-oriented fraught with realistic recommendations and suggestions.

Thus, coming out from the ambit of educational concerns, this issue has become an inevitable topic to think upon in general. To date, there have been various researches conducted on this topic; similarly this paper is a humble attempt from my side not only to have a discussion on it in general but also to explore some unexplored avenues related with this issue that may further help us reaching at rather down-to-earth conclusion.

Table of Content

CHAPTER ONE5

INTRODUCTION5

CHAPTER TWO12

LITERATURE REVIEW12

Information Management vs. Knowledge Management17

Building a Knowledge Culture19

Six Strategies for Developing KM Processes21

Competition Implications23

Organizational Placement25

Growing Acceptance of the ISAs30

Independence, Ethics and Enforcement at the National Level35

CHAPTER THREE57

METHODOLOGY57

Knowledge Management Systems and Auditing57

REFERENCES62

Chapter One

Introduction

Knowledge and innovation determine ...