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APQC’s Resource Library is your source for timely and topical information to help you meet your most complex business process and knowledge management challenges. Explore our ever-growing collection of more than 8,600 research-based best practices, benchmarks and metrics, case studies, and other valuable APQC content.
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All employees must be taught what knowledge management is and how it can help them, but training needs differ based on a person’s role and career stage. This infographic…
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Design KM Training for Executives and Leaders
All employees must be taught what knowledge management is and how it can help them, but training needs differ based on a person’s role and career stage. This infographic…
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The best time to learn something is when you need to learn it. This concept is called the “teachable moment,” a time when someone is faced with a new situation, problem, or…
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To fully engage their audience, knowledge management teams need be creative about when, where, and how they provide training. If training happens in the wrong context or the…
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Most employees need encouragement and guidance to feel comfortable submitting or sharing their knowledge. However, some overeager contributors flood KM systems with content…
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Few individuals can influence the success or failure of knowledge management (KM) as much as knowledge leaders such as subject matter experts, mentors, or community of…
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Executives can motivate large numbers of employees to get on board with KM by promoting its value and role-modeling knowledge-sharing behaviors. However, these leaders are…
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Reinforce and Refresh KM Training as Needed
If employees don’t have (or don’t think they have) an immediate need to use KM, they may forget how and why to do so. Even employees with good KM habits need refreshers,…
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Knowledge Management Training for Every Career Stage
Employees need training to understand what knowledge management is, how they can get involved, and why they should care. But the skills and behaviors needed for KM…
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Knowledge management (KM) has a natural affinity with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines. However, STEM workers themselves may not know what KM is,…
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APQC’s research cites distance as one of the top barriers to knowledge sharing inside organizations. Distance can become a problem when separation between individuals, teams,…
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APQC’s research cites culture as one of the top barriers to knowledge sharing inside organizations. Culture barriers arise when the organization as a whole does not value…
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APQC’s research cites awareness as one of the top barriers to knowledge sharing inside organizations. Awareness can become a problem when employees don’t understand what KM…
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APQC’s research cites time as one of the top barriers to knowledge sharing inside organizations. Time can become a problem when employees literally don’t have a moment to…
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This executive summary outlines five best practices to embed knowledge and KM activities in the natural flow of employees' work. The recommendations focus on targeting the…
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