SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
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1. A method of managing knowledge in an organization, said method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a knowledge architecture, said knowledge architecture defining how the knowledge in an organization will be organized;
identifying and gathering the knowledge within the organization;
centralizing the knowledge in a centralized electronic storage medium pursuant to the knowledge architecture; and
establishing portals to the knowledge in the computer-based system such that members within the organization can access the knowledge from remote computer terminals.
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Abstract
A system and method for knowledge management in an organization. The system and method employs an intranet site whereby members of the organization can easily and efficiently access explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge relevant to complete processes in an organization. As members of an organization communicate and collaborate with each other using the present disclosure, new knowledge or ideas or best practices may form as a result of the collaboration which then should also be captured and codified as explicit knowledge.
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1. A method of managing knowledge in an organization, said method comprising the steps of:
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establishing a knowledge architecture, said knowledge architecture defining how the knowledge in an organization will be organized; identifying and gathering the knowledge within the organization; centralizing the knowledge in a centralized electronic storage medium pursuant to the knowledge architecture; and establishing portals to the knowledge in the computer-based system such that members within the organization can access the knowledge from remote computer terminals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of improving collaboration among members of an organization, said method comprising the steps of:
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grouping the members of the organization into at least one collaborative team; identifying knowledge pertinent to the at least one collaborative team; documenting the knowledge pertinent to the at least one collaborative team in a tangible form; storing the knowledge in the tangible form in an electronic storage medium; providing an intranet site on a computer network as a portal to the knowledge in the tangible form on the electronic storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for facilitating a business process, said method comprising the steps of:
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defining the business process; identifying key persons needed to support or do the business process; identifying explicit knowledge needed to support to do the business process; and storing the explicit knowledge in an electronic storage medium such that the explicit knowledge is available over a network. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of improving workflow in an organization, said method comprising the steps of:
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assessing knowledge management issues of the organization; mapping key business processes of the organization; identifying relevant knowledge for each of the key business processes; storing the relevant knowledge, or links thereto, for each of the key business processes in a centralized electronic storage medium; establishing a collaborative site on a computer network for each of the key business processes, each of the collaborative sites providing access to the relevant knowledge for its key business process; and organizing members of the organization into collaborative groups for each of the key business processes and providing them access the corresponding collaborative sites. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A method of improving workflow in an organization, said method comprising the steps of:
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centralizing knowledge for the organization in a knowledge database; making the knowledge in the knowledge database accessible to members of the organization; ensuring the knowledge in the knowledge database is accurate, relevant, and up-to-date; allowing the members of the organization to choose knowledge in the knowledge database most important to them and organize it to best support their work flows; allowing the members of the organization to choose knowledge preferences; and automatically pushing information to members of the organization based upon their preferences.
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52. A computer-based system for managing knowledge in an organization for completing business processes, said system comprising:
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a centralized knowledge database on an electronic storage medium, said centralized knowledge database having information stored therein that is organized by business processes; and a computer network, said computer network allowing members of the organization to access the information in the centralized knowledge database from remote computer terminals. - View Dependent Claims (53)
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