Knowledge Management tools

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Knowledge Management tools for forest management DSS's

List of potential KM tools
Tool Classification 1 Classification 2
Knowledge maps
Databases
Expert systems
Free-content information collaboratories
Web portals
Electronic yellow-page directories
Communities of practice
Frequently asked questions
Scientific content management sites
Online scientific journals
Library services
Best practices and lessons learned
Lectures and story telling
Apprenticeship programs
Web-based learning
Simulation models
Options to classify the tools

Gray's classification [1] recognizes different types of managing knowledge with regards action motivations in two different types of problems. The motivation can either be problem identification or problem solving, and the problem can be either unique/new or previously solved. Combining these in 2*2 matrix shows us four types of KM: (1) Encouraging serendipity, (2) Creating knowledge, (3) Acquiring knowledge, and (4) Raising awareness. Shifting between these ascendingly can be seen as (a) identifying, (b) preserving, and (c) distributing knowledge.

Other options to classify...

References

  1. Peter H. Gray, A problem-solving perspective on knowledge management practices, Decision Support Systems, Volume 31, Issue 1, May 2001, Pages 87-102. Available here