KM in India

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Research Aims

The aim of the research is to study the current

status of Knowledge management system if at all

exists in the B-schools and to identify the

Knowledge Management components


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Introduction

The governments aspirations for making India a leading

international education centre in Asia has put a strong

pressure on local universities to improve the quality of

education they offer. This can be achieved by enhancing the

performance of Indian universities through the applicationand implementation of an excellent Knowledge Management

System. An effective Knowledge Management system requires

each academician to practice appropriate management of

knowledge in his or her teaching and learning process. Thisincludes generating, acquiring, storing, and disseminating

knowledge to the users of knowledge especially the students.


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The Emerging need for applying

Knowledge ManagementLack of research

Lack of top management institutional support

Lack of Research cultureLack of Credibility and quality in research

Lack of industrial support

Lack of resources (Faculty/Research Staff)

Lack of Globalization in research endeavour

Lack of research on Management Courses curriculum


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Approaches of Knowledge

Management

Knowledge Generation

Knowledge Storing & Processing

Knowledge Sharing

Marketing of Knowledge


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Knowledge Generation


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Education Collaboration system

Primary system to develop a community of collaborative

knowledge workers.

Requires IT infrastructure and responsive

communication system.

Primary purpose is to connect enterprise knowledge

workers to promote an environment of innovation and

continuous improvement.


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Knowledge Database

Internal System: (Intranet, group decision support

system) Designed to provide easily accessible data and

knowledge to the knowledge workers.

External System: (Internet, Conferences, Workshops) toaccess knowledge workers to data and knowledge

external to the enterprise


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Knowledge SharingI would like to think that our faculty, especially in the top

B-schools, are reasonably capable people. Many of them

are well-read and the increasingly demanding students

are maintaining the pressure on them to upgrade their

knowledge.So, more than knowledge development, it is knowledge

sharing which is the key issue. In general, we Indians are

reluctant to share what we know with others.

We feel worried, that all the hard work put in by us willbe meaningless if some one has easy access to our

knowledge. This is a wrong mindset. People will invariably

learn what we know as no secret is permanent.


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Marketing of Knowledge

There is an increased demand for new strategies that help

management institutions meet external and internal

demands.

For developing strategic internal alliances the business schools

have to more effectively use their resources and infrastructure toreap more benefit from their investments in both people and

technology. This KM approach will enable business schools to

quickly respond to its goals and objectives and in some cases

preempt staff and faculty demands and needs. To build and

develop a robust and thriving knowledge environment in

business schools, the institutions need to look beyond technology

and develop the overall culture of accessing, sharing and managing

knowledge.


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Research Design

Exploratory research design

In-depth Unstructured interviews

Sampling Unit: B-School TeachersSampling Size: 14 Teachers


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Conclusions

The B-Schools are being criticized on various aspects and

they are increasingly facing a lot of challenges and

opportunities in the global knowledge economy. The big

issue is-how to compete in this changed scenario and

take advantage of emerging opportunities. If the B-

Schools can continuously create new knowledge related

to curriculum, customer needs, environmental changes,

pedagogy etc; disseminate it continuously and effectively;and implement it properly than they can face the coming

challenges of competitiveness in the global knowledge

arena and play a big role in making India a global

economic superpower.


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References

Websites http://jatit.org

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com

http://iskme.path.net

http://www.tojet.net

JournalJournal of Services Research, Volume 7, Number 2 (October 2007 -

March 2008) 2007 by Institute for International Managementand Technology. All Rights Reserved

Rajesh K. Pillania

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