Remember: We said that BUS/MIS 300 will follow a seminar/blog style, where you will study best practices, do literature surveys, hold discussions, and collectively/inductively arrive at answers to the questions:

• What is KM? Is it justified as a discipline or an organizational function?
• (How) can organizations benefit from focusing on KM?
• What tools/technologies are involved in KM and what are their costs/benefits?
• What employee/manager skills would help organizations acquire/share/use/retire knowledge effectively and efficiently? How can these skills be developed?

Well, this is the blog! Right now we have three categories: KM definition and debate (the first bullet above), KM cases and tools (the middle two bullets), KM skills (the last bullet.) We may add more categories as we progress.

You must publish a post every week, on the weekday you were assigned, by midnight. You can post information or opinion pieces – try to balance the two. You can post pictures or create slide shows that are relevant to the class. (One off-topic slide show per person is acceptable, since learning how to do slide shows here counts as a skill building activity. After that, make sure you’re focusing on KM.)

When you create a post, make sure you select a category or create a new one. (Think twice before you add, though.) You must publish at least one post in each of the 3 categories above, and at least 1/3 of your posts must be continuing a thread started by someone else – so (need I say it) make sure you read what your peers write. Have fun!