Patent ID: 7657498

Claim:
A system for creating a business-aligned knowledge management in an organization, the system comprising: a knowledge management (KM) framework block providing aspects of a knowledge-focused approach to business management of the organization; a KM execution toolkit comprising a knowledge capturing tool, a knowledge dissemination tool and knowledge channels, processes and practices associated with each of the tool within the KM framework, wherein the knowledge capturing tool comprises tools for capturing explicit and tacit knowledge; and the knowledge dissemination tool comprises tools for disseminating explicit and tacit knowledge; and a KM implementation guide using the KM execution toolkit for establishing the business-aligned knowledge management within the KM framework, wherein the KM implementation guide performs the steps of: identifying a business objective of the organization; defining a knowledge management strategy for addressing the business objective, wherein defining the knowledge management strategy comprises articulating problem statements based on the business objective and establishing knowledge management vision and plan for addressing the problem statements; and executing the knowledge management strategy to establish the business-aligned knowledge management, wherein executing the knowledge management strategy comprises using the KM execution toolkit to identify types of knowledge to address the problem statements, wherein the types of knowledge are explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge; ascertain tools and knowledge channels, processes and practices associated with the tools from the KM execution toolkit to address the identified types of knowledge, wherein each tool comprises respective guiding questions relating to at least one of knowledge, processes, or technology enablers to address the problem statements; and implement the ascertained tools and knowledge channels, processes and practices associated with tools in the business-aligned knowledge management to address the problem statements.