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The contents of the latest issue of:

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM)
Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Volume 5, Issue 1, January-March 2009
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1548-0666 EISSN: 1548-0658
Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijkm

Editor-in-Chief: Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA

PAPER ONE:

A Model of Interrelationships Among Individual Level Knowledge Management
Success Measures

Shahnawaz Muhammed, Fayetteville State University, USA
William J. Doll, The University of Toledo, USA
Xiaodong Deng, Oakland University, USA

Extant literature has mostly focused on defining knowledge management
success at an organizational or project level. The literature lacks a
framework for measuring knowledge management success at the individual
level. This article discusses a model of the interrelationships among
individual level knowledge management success measures (outcomes)
including conceptual, contextual and operational knowledge, innovation,
and performance. The model is tested using a sample of 252 individuals
engaged in managerial and professional knowledge work.

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http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=33049

PAPER TWO:

Using Agent Based Simulation and Game Theory Analysis to Study Knowledge
Flow in Organizations: The KMscape

Richard Jolly, Portland State University, USA
Wayne Wakeland, Portland State University, USA

This article shows how knowledge sharing in organizations, especially the
impact of sharing freely versus not sharing, was studied using game
theoretic analysis and a Netlogo agent-based simulation model. In both
analyses, some agents hoarded knowledge while others shared knowledge
freely. As expected, sharing was found to greatly increase the overall
amount of knowledge within the organization. Unexpectedly, on average,
agents who share acquire more knowledge than hoarders.

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http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=33050

PAPER THREE:

Organizational Readiness Assessment for Knowledge Management

Kaveh Mohammadi, Islamic Azad University of Sanandaj, Iran
Amir Khanlari, University of Tehran, Iran
Babak Sohrabi, University of Tehran, Iran

This article shows how implementing knowledge management or
knowledge-sharing projects in an organization requires significant
organizational prerequisites. Lacking proper infrastructures and
prerequisite not only make the knowledge management process unprofitable,
but might incur harmful effects as well. To decrease such risks, it is
proposed to introduce the readiness assessment, in order to gauge a
company's appetite for the work involved in implementing the knowledge
management. In this research, critical success factors have been extracted
from literature reviews and surveyed through a questionnaire, distributed
among 130 knowledge management experts. Then, to validate the measurement
of the multi-item constructs, exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used.

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http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=33051

PAPER FOUR:

Knowledge Management Toolkit for SMEs

Kerstin Fink, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Christian Ploder, University of Innsbruck, Austria

This article discusses the discipline of knowledge management and how it's
no longer emerging in large organizations. Small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) are focusing on finding the right process that will
allow them to make advantages of their intellectual capital. Using survey
data from 219 small and medium-sized enterprises in Austria and
Switzerland, this article illustrates the four key knowledge processes (1)
knowledge identification, (2) knowledge acquisition, (3) knowledge
distribution, and (4) knowledge preservation for SMEs and also reports the
findings of the empirical study designed to allocate cost-efficient
software products to each of the four knowledge processes.

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http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=33052

PAPER FIVE:

A Framework for Managing the Life Cycle of Knowledge in Organizations

Mark Salisbury, University of New Mexico, USA

This article describes a framework for managing the life cycle of
knowledge in organizations. The framework emerges from years of work with
the laboratories and facilities that are under the direction of the United
States Department of Energy (DOE). The article begins by describing the
background of the work from which the framework emerged; this is followed
by describing the problem of identifying the "right" knowledge for the
"right" people at the "right" time and how the use of performance
objectives addresses this problem. Next, the phases in the life cycle of
knowledge in an organization, the theoretical foundation for the
framework, and the other aspects of the framework (work processes,
learning processes, and methodologies) are described. Finally, a
discussion section summarizes the framework and discusses future
directions for enhancing and extending the framework.

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http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=33053

PAPER SIX:

Social Network Structures for Explicit, Tacit and Potential Knowledge

Anssi Smedlund, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland and Tokyo
Institute of Technology, Japan

The purpose of this conceptual article is to develop argumentation of the
knowledge assets of a firm as consisting of three constructs, to extend
the conventional explicit, tacit dichotomy by including potential
knowledge. The article highlights the role of knowledge, which has so far
not been utilized in value creation. The underlying assumption in the
article is that knowledge assets can be thought of as embedded in the
relationships between individuals in the firm, rather than possessed by
single actors. The concept of potential knowledge is explained with
selected social network and knowledge management literature. The article
provides a framework for understanding the connection between knowledge
assets and social network structures, thus helping managers of firms in
designing suitable social network structures for different types of
knowledge.

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http://www.igi-global.com/articles/details.asp?id=33054

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJKM:

The primary objective of the International Journal of Knowledge Management
(IJKM) is to provide a comprehensive cross discipline forum for advancing
the understanding of the organizational, technical, human, and cognitive
issues associated with the creation, capture, transfer and use of
knowledge in organizations. The secondary objective of this journal is to
share knowledge among researchers and practitioners with respect to the
design, development, implementation and maintenance of effective knowledge
management systems. The journal publishes high quality empirical and
theoretical research covering all aspects of knowledge management. In
addition to full-length research manuscripts, the journal publishes
insightful research and practice notes as well as case studies from all
areas of knowledge management.

Coverage of IJKM:

Basic theories associated with knowledge creation, knowledge management,
and organizational memory
Case studies of knowledge management and organizational memory systems
Cognitive theories of knowledge management and organizational memory
Design of information and communication systems that facilitate knowledge
transfer and sharing
Enablers and inhibitors of knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer
behaviors
Global issues in knowledge management and organizational memory
Issues related to the capture, storage, search, retrieval, and use of
knowledge and organizational memory
Knowledge acquisition and transfer processes
Knowledge management in small and medium enterprises
Knowledge management strategy
Knowledge management training issues
Knowledge reuse in organizations
Knowledge transfer and sharing behaviors within emergent organizational
forms such as virtual communities
Methodologies and processes for developing Knowledge Management Systems
Metrics and effectiveness of knowledge management and organizational
memory systems
Organizational and economic incentive structures for knowledge sharing and
use
Organizational culture impacts on knowledge management
Organizational learning
Use of semantic networks, topic maps, the Internet, digital documents,
XML, taxonomies, ontologies, and other technologies to implement knowledge
management systems

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission
guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijkm.

All inquiries and submissions should be sent to:
Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Murray Jennex at IJKMsubmission@aol.com