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| + | KM approaches for Problem identification | ||
| + | *Allow a documentation in order to transfer knowledge to next generation | ||
| + | * encourage decision makers to discover new problems and opportunities by exposing themselves to new information, situations, issues, and ideas | ||
| + | * help decision makers in recognizing upcoming problems for which solutions have been developed previously | ||
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| + | KM approaches for Problem structuring / modelling | ||
| + | * allow to actively create new knowledge when faced with a new problem and to develop novel solutions | ||
| + | * Allow to identify expert knowledge, facts and experiences in relation to decision problem | ||
| + | * Allow to codify available knowledge for machine / computer | ||
| + | * allow to reduce complexity | ||
| + | * support the engagement/involvement of experts | ||
| + | * allow to combine various forms of information (qualitative / quantitative) | ||
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| + | KM approaches for Problem solving / decision making | ||
| + | * Allow to capture and retain knowledge, making it available to decision makers who are seeking solutions from previously solved problems | ||
| + | * facilitate decisions that are reproducable | ||
| + | * facilitate a rationale decision making process | ||
| + | * improve decision making ability | ||
| + | * increase productivity of decision maker (within cognitive, time and economic limits - effective and efficient decisions) | ||
| + | * support decision-making phases | ||
| + | ** development (e.g. identify or analyze alternatives) | ||
| + | ** selection (e.g. advice about which alternative to choose) | ||
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| + | Criteria according to the decision problem | ||
| + | *Decision situation (unilateral, collegial, participatory) | ||
| + | * Level of planning (operational, tactical, strategic planning) | ||
| + | * Challenges / key problems in forestry domain? | ||
| + | * Which goods and services are supported? | ||
| + | Criteria according to stakeholders / users /organisations | ||
| + | * allow participation (active / passive) | ||
| + | * Technical skills of users required | ||
| + | * Level of acceptance of users in terms of usability, reliability, easyness,… | ||
| + | * Kind of introduction of the tool to users | ||
| + | * Role of stakeholder within the process (expert, decision maker, public) | ||
| + | * Who owns the knowledge in organizations? How to make use of the knowledge available? Who coordinates knowledge? | ||
| + | * Type of organization (public bodies, forest enterprises,…) | ||
| + | * To whom give access to information / knowledge (skill, commercial , privacy) | ||
| + | * Data mining of private enterprises (CRM?) of relevance | ||
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| + | Criteria for development issues - technical aspects | ||
| + | * Allows to generate interfaces between tools/techniques | ||
| + | * Allows a definition of interfaces between methods and models | ||
| + | * Rules for selecting information (in hierarchical decision making processes, robustness, reliability, …) | ||
| + | * allows to be adapted to new challenges, problems are they flexible enough? | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
Revision as of 08:33, 24 November 2009
Contents
Knowledge Management tools for forest management DSS's
List of potential KM tools
| Tool | Classification 1 | Classification 2 |
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| Knowledge maps | ||
| Databases | ||
| Expert systems | ||
| Free-content information collaboratories | ||
| Web portals | ||
| Electronic yellow-page directories | ||
| Communities of practice | ||
| Frequently asked questions | ||
| Scientific content management sites | ||
| Online scientific journals | ||
| Library services | ||
| Best practices and lessons learned | ||
| Lectures and story telling | ||
| Apprenticeship programs | ||
| Web-based learning | ||
| Simulation models |
Options to classify the tools
Gray's classification [1] recognizes different types of managing knowledge with regards action motivations in two different types of problems. The motivation can either be problem identification or problem solving, and the problem can be either unique/new or previously solved. Combining these in 2*2 matrix shows us four types of KM: (1) Discovering new issues, (2) Creating knowledge, (3) Acquiring knowledge, and (4) Raising awareness. Shifting between these ascendingly can be seen as (a) identifying, (b) preserving/storing, and (c) distributing/transferring knowledge (see Fig. 1 below).
Fig. 1. Knowledge management types within decision problems after Gray (2003).
Other options to classify...
KM approaches for Problem identification
- Allow a documentation in order to transfer knowledge to next generation
- encourage decision makers to discover new problems and opportunities by exposing themselves to new information, situations, issues, and ideas
- help decision makers in recognizing upcoming problems for which solutions have been developed previously
KM approaches for Problem structuring / modelling
- allow to actively create new knowledge when faced with a new problem and to develop novel solutions
- Allow to identify expert knowledge, facts and experiences in relation to decision problem
- Allow to codify available knowledge for machine / computer
- allow to reduce complexity
- support the engagement/involvement of experts
- allow to combine various forms of information (qualitative / quantitative)
KM approaches for Problem solving / decision making
- Allow to capture and retain knowledge, making it available to decision makers who are seeking solutions from previously solved problems
- facilitate decisions that are reproducable
- facilitate a rationale decision making process
- improve decision making ability
- increase productivity of decision maker (within cognitive, time and economic limits - effective and efficient decisions)
- support decision-making phases
- development (e.g. identify or analyze alternatives)
- selection (e.g. advice about which alternative to choose)
Criteria according to the decision problem
- Decision situation (unilateral, collegial, participatory)
- Level of planning (operational, tactical, strategic planning)
- Challenges / key problems in forestry domain?
- Which goods and services are supported?
Criteria according to stakeholders / users /organisations
- allow participation (active / passive)
- Technical skills of users required
- Level of acceptance of users in terms of usability, reliability, easyness,…
- Kind of introduction of the tool to users
- Role of stakeholder within the process (expert, decision maker, public)
- Who owns the knowledge in organizations? How to make use of the knowledge available? Who coordinates knowledge?
- Type of organization (public bodies, forest enterprises,…)
- To whom give access to information / knowledge (skill, commercial , privacy)
- Data mining of private enterprises (CRM?) of relevance
Criteria for development issues - technical aspects
- Allows to generate interfaces between tools/techniques
- Allows a definition of interfaces between methods and models
- Rules for selecting information (in hierarchical decision making processes, robustness, reliability, …)
- allows to be adapted to new challenges, problems are they flexible enough?
References
- ↑ Peter H. Gray, A problem-solving perspective on knowledge management practices, Decision Support Systems, Volume 31, Issue 1, May 2001, Pages 87-102. Available here
