Knowledge Management: Why and How

Abstract

In this article, we review the reason for the knowledge management and how it may be materialized the basic motivation factors like competitive advantages, economy, flexibility, corporate amnesia and value-added services among others are demonstrated in the article. The problems and changes possibly to be encountered in the knowledge age are reviewed. The means of going for knowledge management are also illustrated in the paper. The subject of knowledge management is at present, at the conceptual stage and yet to mature. The article surveys and reviews the position based on available limited literatures.

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C T Bhunia

C T Bhunia (born 6/10/1958) did his BTech in Radio Physics and Electronics in 1983 from the Calcutta University, and then joined DVC of Govt. of India as Telecommunication Engineer. He did MTech in Radio Physics and Electronics in 1985, and then joined North Bengal University as a Lecturer of Computer Science & Application in 1988, and become Assistant Professor of Electronics & Communication Engineering at the North Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology (NERIST) of Govt of India in 1990. He got PhD in Computer Science & Engineering from the Jadavpur University. He became a full Professor in 1997 at NERIST where he was HOD of ECE & CSE for about 6 yrs and Dean (Academics/Post Graduate Studies) for about 1.5 years. He then switched to Private Engineering colleges from 1999 to 2003 as HOD, Deputy Director and Director. Lastly he was Director of the Bengal Institute of Technology & Management, Shantineketan. Presently he is a full Professor of Computer Science & Engineering of the Indian School of Mines (Deemed University) of Govt of India. He has extensively visited foreign countries, namely China, Italy, Singapore, UK and Bangladesh on several assignments including BOYSCAST Fellowship. He has published around 150 research papers and technical articles/reports in national/international journals/magazines/seminars. He is the author of the book “Introduction to Knowledge Management.” He has delivered several invited lecturers at ICTP, Italy, Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University), Shibpur, and University Institute of Technology, Burdwan University. He is Fellow of the IETE and the IE(I), and a senior member of the IEEE.