Knowledge Management
Best Practices in Europe
Mertins, K., Fraunhofer
Institute Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK), Berlin, Germany;
Heisig, P., Fraunhofer
Institute Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK), Berlin, Germany;
Vorbeck, J., Fraunhofer
Institute Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK), Berlin, Germany (Eds.)
One out of two companies have
increased their productivity or saved costs with knowledge management. This is a result
from a comprehensive cross-industry survey in Europe about knowledge management run by the
Competence Center Knowledge Management at Fraunhofer IPK, Germany. Best practices in
knowledge management from leading companies are described for practitioners in different
industries. The book shows how to integrate knowledge management activities into the daily
business tasks and processes, how to motivate people and which capabilities and skills are
required for knowledge management. The book concludes with an overview of the leading
knowledge management projects in several European countries.
Contents: Introduction.
Design Fields: P. Heisig:
Business Process Oriented Knowledge Management.- J. Vorbeck, I. Finke: Motivation and
Competence for Knowledge Management.- P. Heisig, J. Vorbeck, J. Niebuhr: Intellectual
Capital.- I. Hoffmann: Knowledge Management Tools.
Survey: P. Heisig, J.
Vorbeck: Benchmarking Survey Results.
Case Studies: P. Heisig, F.
Spellerberg: Knowledge Management: The "One Company Platform" - Arthur D.
Little, Inc.- P. Heisig, J. Vorbeck: Cultural Change Triggers Best Practice Sharing -
British Aerospace plc.- J. Vorbeck, R. Habbel: Sophisticated Information Technology to
Promote Knowledge Sharing and Communication - Booz Allen & Hamilton.- P. Heisig, J.
Runeson: Measuring Intangible Assets for Sustainable Business Growth - Celemi AB.
Medium-Sized and Fast Growing.- J. Vorbeck, P. Heisig: Knowledge Management and Customer
Orientation - Hewlett Packard Austria.- J. Vorbeck, P. Heisig, A. Martin, P. Schütt:
Knowledge Management in a Global Company - IBM Global Services.- P. Heisig, C. Berg, P.
Drtina: Open Minded Corporate Culture and Management Supports the Sharing of External and
Internal Knowledge - Phonak.- J. Vorbeck, I. Finke: Sharing Process Knowledge in
Production Environments - Roche Diagnostics - Laboratory Systems.- P. Heisig, O. Diethert,
U. Romanski: Measuring Knowledge and Generating Knowledge about the Future - Skandia AFS
and Skandia Lebensversicherungen AG.- P. Heisig: Secure Tacit and External Knowledge in
the Insurance Industry.
KM in Europe: European
Landscape of Knowledge Management.
263 pages