WISDOMSOURCE NEWS
Vol. 2, No. 10
Monday, August 22, 2005
K3M Level 6: Process-Driven Knowledge Sharing &
Effective Organizational Governance
 We at WisdomSource Technologies thank you for your support in creating work environments where people can reach their fullest potential as human beings. We understand the joy that you as an organizational leader experience in expanding awareness; and we look forward to working with you to add value and create a brighter future.
Organizational Governance Coming to Light
Achieving effective organizational governance is the greatest challenge of the new millennium. Dealing with complex issues such as increased competition, corruption, information overload, shifting demographics, terrorism, widespread ADD (attention deficit disorder), and low societal morale demands new approaches to leadership, resource management, compliance, and conflict resolution. Such approaches require a true understanding of the causes and effects of the underlying problems and can only come from the implementation of effective knowledge management solutions such as WisdomSource v3.0.
K3M Level 6 - Process-Driven Knowledge Sharing
At Level 6 of the Knowledge Management Maturity Model (K3M)TM: Process-Driven Knowledge Sharing, the organization focuses on the process and the result as opposed to just the result, so as to build on lessons-learned.
Taking a process view allows the organization to see the interdependent components which make up operations so as to be able to strategically optimize and consolidate value-added tasks in alignment with management objectives. By focusing on and improving processes, the organization becomes better over time and is better able to adapt to change by managing a smaller subset of knowledge units in process form as opposed to a scattered task form.
Governance that governs least governs best provided that it governs sufficiently. Becoming process-driven enables the organization to operate in a decentralized fashion with centralized control over activities. The end-result is an organization where everyone prospers; and the right balance between control & abandon is achieved by the leadership.
The WisdomSource K3M LifecycleTM
The WisdomSource K3M Lifecycle defines the correct knowledge flow that organizations need to facilitate in order to truly support their workers and become market-driven.
All successful businesses of the future will have this complete technical command structure as their corporate management backbone.
Instilling DCOA - The Four-Step Knowledge Management DisciplineTM
The WisdomSource K3M Lifecycle instills DCOA - The Four-Step Knowledge Management Discipline into your organization:
- Deliver operational and training knowledge to the appropriate personnel
- Collect feedback and measure comprehension
- Optimize organizational knowledgebases with feedback
- Apply lessons learned back to the organization, thus completing the learning loop
Gaining Strategic Advantage by Becoming Process-Driven
The levels of success of "process-driven" organizations are much greater than those with a strict "bottom-line" orientation when we consider long-term financial health, employee satisfaction, and sustainability as market and operating conditions change.
Enabling people to see the big picture, to understand their roles within the organization, and to have a say in how things are done improves their experience of work as well as the organization of which they are a part.
By raising peoples' awareness of what it is that they do and how they fit into your organization, we encourage them to think of better ways of operating, which adds to your bottom-line.
WisdomSource Helps Your Organization to Become Process-Driven
After years of experience in working with the world's most interesting organizations through the booming IT economy of the ‘90s, WisdomSource was developed as a 4th generation software platform to truly deliver on the organizational governance promises that technology failed to materialize.
WisdomSource is the planet's most useful software solution that enables the effective management of end-to-end business processes, while capturing feedback so that operations can be improved.
Part of the solution is WisdomSource v3.0, an easy-to-use, intranet-based system that provides effective views of organizational structures and includes the people, processes, systems, and finances tailored to each individual so that he or she can better accomplish his or her role.
The other part of the solution is your management team's role in facilitating this change via (1) the creation of project teams to model processes, (2) the adjustment of organizational governance, and (3) the embodiment of the principles of enlightened leadership.
Helping People to Regain Enthusiasm
Working in a place where employees have a sense of control over their work environment and feel valued empowers them to be more enthusiastic and to assume responsibility for organizational objectives.
Old school management philosophy dictates that it is the workers who serve management. In the old school, management tells people what to do and people are either promoted or fired based upon how well they did what management told them to do. In the old school, it is assumed that management knows what people should do and that people are ignorant as to how to add value.
New school management proposes that management should serve the workers. "Management by empowerment" is an aspect of new school management presupposing that people have a desire to succeed and know what it is that they should do; and that it is the role of management to help employees discover & express their roles in the organization. With this method, management facilitates employee task accomplishment by eliminating the obstacles to their success.
WisdomSource provides a merger of both the old and the new schools of management. Our software puts each employee at the center of the organization so that the individual can add value through the exchange of knowledge; thus, we use the phrase "wisdom source" to describe the solution. When people have knowledge and know how to apply it, they are a source of wisdom.
With WisdomSource, both management and employees are on the same page in the accomplishment of the organization's purpose, mission, and goals. Employee anxiety is reduced as people gain a sense of control over their work environment and the processes that they follow. And management is better able to measure effective task accomplishment and to optimize the organization.
Choose WisdomSource and Get to the Next Level
WisdomSource v3.0 empowers you to understand your organization and to be able to change over time so as to always be in harmony with market and operating demands. We provide a gradual path to organizational self-actualization that enables your resources to share their valuable lessons-learned and to benefit from the wisdom of your best people so that you can take things to the next level and ensure your future.
WisdomSource enables your organization to harness change and to maintain a balance with change by capturing the discoveries that are taking place right now in your business and applying them to your products, services, and operations across your enterprise as innovation.
Contact WisdomSource to Instill a Knowledge & Process Management Discipline in Your Organization
WisdomSource v3.0 is the turnkey solution that eliminates the organizational risks that stem from undergoing transformation. Contact us today for a consultation with an experienced change management specialist who will help you to see what needs to be done. There is no charge for consultations.
WisdomSource is sold primarily to high-level executives and organizational leaders. We empower the MBAs to bring about real change. We help them not only to understand the advantages of creating better places to work, but also to change their cultures so that they can actually bring about the transformations which they seek.
If you would like to discuss the possibilities that a WisdomSource Knowledge Management Solution affords your organization, please Contact WisdomSource.
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