WINNER: CILIP's Knowledge and Information Management Award 2019 - Information Resources Print Category
"One of the best Management books of all time" - BookAuthority
The way an organization manages and disseminates its knowledge is key to informed business decision-making, effectiveness and competitive edge. The Knowledge Manager's Handbook takes you step by step through the processes needed to define and embed an effective knowledge management framework within an organization.
This second edition now includes clear guidance on the best practice requirements from the first ever internationally recognised standard for knowledge management, ISO 30401:2018, as well as content on the impact of AI and data analytics. Nick Milton and Patrick Lambe work through each stage of creating and implementing a knowledge management framework for an organization's specific needs, based around the four essential aspects of knowledge management: people, processes, technologies and governance. With updated international case studies from organizations of all sizes and sectors, along with user-friendly templates and checklists to help implement effective knowledge management procedures, The Knowledge Manager's Handbook is the end-to-end guide to making a sustainable change in the knowledge management culture.
Dr. Nick Milton is a director and co-founder of Knoco Ltd, an international knowledge Management consultancy developing and delivering knowledge management strategies, implementation plans and services in a wide range of different organisations. He has a particular interest in effective lesson-learning, and has managed major knowledge capture and transfer programs, particularly in the area of mergers and acquisitions, and high technology engineering.
Nick Milton was at the centre of the team that made BP the leading Knowledge Management company in the world, developing and implementing BP's knowledge of how to manage knowledge, and coordinating the BP Knowledge Management Community of Practice. Nick has written several books on knowledge management subjects, including Designing a Successful Knowledge Management Strategy, and The Knowledge Manager's Handbook, published by Kogan Page.
Patrick Lambe is a world-renowned knowledge management expert, and a founding partner of Straits Knowledge, a global consulting and research firm specialising in knowledge, learning and innovation. He is an Adjunct Professor in Knowledge Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Visiting Professor in the Knowledge and Innovation Management PhD programme at Bangkok University.
Patrick Lambe is two-term Past President of the Information and Knowledge Management Society and a member of the editorial advisory boards of the top-ranked Journal of Knowledge Management, and of Knowledge Management for Development Journal, and Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation. Patrick is also a member of the AIIM KM Standards Committee (KM for Organizations). He is the author of the bestselling Organising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisation Effectiveness, published by Chandos in 2007.
