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Principles of Knowledge Auditing
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Principles of Knowledge Auditing

Foundations for Knowledge Management Implementation

Patrick Lambe
MIT Press, 2023

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  • Comprehensive
  • Analytical
  • Background

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The complexity of knowledge management and its rapid growth have left the field in disarray. Practitioners lack a common vocabulary and often neglect the theoretical underpinnings of their work. Here, knowledge management expert Patrick Lambe delves into the narrower area of knowledge auditing to clarify its language and trace the evolution of its practices. Lambe provides a pragmatic guide to current practice, bolstered by numerous case studies and a comprehensive review of the history and theory of knowledge auditing. 

Take-Aways

  • Knowledge managers can offer greater benefits to organizations by standardizing the practice.
  • Knowledge audits reveal the state of knowledge production, access and use in an organization and can help support change.
  • Knowledge audits emerged from the communication and information audits of the mid-20th century.

About the Author

Patrick Lambe founded the knowledge management research and consulting firm Straits Knowledge and is a globally recognized knowledge management practitioner. He’s also co-author with Nick Milton of The Knowledge Manager’s Handbook and the author of Organizing Knowledge.

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