Knowledge Asset Management Certification and ISO Standard Masterclass – 3 days
KNOWLEDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION
This 3 day physical Masterclass / Workshop, or online self paced 20 hours virtual tuition teaches the essentials of the Knowledge Asset Management Consulting Methodology (KAM) aligned to the ISO 30401 and ISO 55001 International Knowledge Management and Intangible Asset Management Standards. The book ‘Knowledge Asset Management’ published in 2003 and an updated Knowledge Asset Management guide and workbook 2021, and all materials and papers necessary, will be provided as part of the programme to better apply KM and KAM in your organisation.
Throughout the programme, examples of KAM application and cases will be drawn from Government and Industry. The Masterclass is interactive, with opportunities to discuss and share experiences, physically and virtually.
At the end of the programme, participants will receive an attendance certificate from the Knowledge Associates Academy, Cambridge, UK, signed by Ron Young, Chief Knowledge Officer of Knowledge Associates.
Certificates and/or University accreditations have been awarded to participants from UK, France, Austria, Spain, UAE, Kuwait, Russia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Africa, S.America and USA.
OBTAINING UNIVERSITY ACCREDITATION
If participants are interested in studying even further, at a later date, they may enrol to attend further on-line lectures of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Accredited KAM programme, followed by a detailed case study assignment and reflective journaling. The accredited ARU KAM programme is to Master Degree level 7 (15 credits).
WHY KAM?
In 2003, The European Commission endorsed the international collaborative research for the KAM Methodology and testing, researched and developed by Knowledge Associates in Cambridge, INSEAD Business School, Ernst & Young, DFKI, Fraunhofer Institute, National Technology University of Athens. Research Proceedings were published in the book Knowledge Asset Management (Springer).
Knowledge Management (KM), as a discipline, has been evolving since the early 1990’s, culminating in an International ISO 30401 Knowledge Management Standard development.
In 2014, ISO 55000 series of Asset Management Standards (tangible and intangible) were published.
In November 2015, ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard was updated and published to include, for the first time, the need to better manage Organisational Knowledge.
In January 2015, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge & Chelmsford, accredited KAM to Masters Degree level 7 (15 credits)
In 2021, Governments have announced that they are proceeding with managing their knowledge assets in the public sector. Also the Securities and Exchange Commission USA has issued a regulation for mandatory reporting of Human Capital disclosure together with financial disclosure. This is a key part of Knowledge Asset Management that looks at human, structural, relational and societal strategies, policies, processes and tools.
Knowledge Asset management is the first University accredited KAM education and methodology to incorporate and enable the integration of all requirements for organisational knowledge across these global Standards.
RON YOUNG – the KAM Programme Leader/Principal Lecturer
Ron Young is the founder, CEO and Chief Knowledge Officer for Knowledge Associates International, a Management Consulting Firm based in Cambridge U.K, Tokyo, Boston and Moscow. He is acknowledged as a leading international expert and thought leader in Learning, Knowledge Asset Management and Innovation.
He advised and assisted the UK DTI Innovation Unit in 1999 in the production of the UK Government White Paper ‘UK Competitiveness in the Knowledge Driven Economy’.
He has been a consultant for the World Bank, Washington, USA, and the European Commission, Brussels.
He regularly provides keynote presentations at leading KM and Innovation conferences around the world, and he has extensive experience in working with European, Asian and US Organisations.
He chaired the British Standards Institute (BSI) Knowledge Management Standards Committee KMS/1 in the development of ISO 30401, and is a member of the ISO 30401 global KM standards committee and the ISO/BSI 55001 asset management committee.
He also chaired the European CEN Knowledge Management standards committee, for 2 yrs until 2004.
Current consulting engagements include developing KM strategies and advising and assisting major Multi-National Corporations, International UN Agencies, National Governments, Military, and Professional Institutions around the world. He was a lead consultant for the European Commission 2 Million euro ‘Know-Net’ project.
He is joint author of ‘Intellectual Capital in the Digital Economy’ (Routledge 2020), Knowledge Management Tools and Techniques (APO, Tokyo, 2020), Knowledge Management Matters (Sagology 2018), Enhancing Knowledge Productivity in the Public Sector (APO, Tokyo, 2017), Knowledge Management for the Public Sector (APO, Tokyo, 2013), Knowledge Management: Facilitators Guide (Asian Productivity Organisation, Tokyo, 2009), Knowledge Management: Case Studies for Small and Medium Enterprises (APO, Tokyo, 2009) ‘Knowledge Asset Management’ (Springer 2003) and ‘Upside Down Management’ (McGraw Hill Europe 1996),
KAM METHODOLOGY – CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS
KAM has been designed to ensure a proper, comprehensive, systematic and consistent approach to successful knowledge asset management. It embraces a holistic approach to the strategic, cultural, people, process and technology issues.
In particular, it ensures proper attention is given to the critical success factors in successfully implementing knowledge asset management programmes which are, at least:
* Proper Knowledge Asset Management education
- Knowledge asset management principles
- Knowledge asset categories, classes and types
- Knowledge asset evaluation tools
- Knowledge asset management strategies & policies
- Critical knowledge asset identification
- Knowledge asset management processes
- Knowledge asset protection, retention & sharing
- Knowledge asset measurements
- Commercial exploitation of knowledge assets
- Knowledge asset accounting and reporting systems
- Knowledge assets & distributed blockchain ledgers
- Knowledge asset management cases and examples
* Senior Management engagement and commitment
* Identification of the critical knowledge areas/assets
* A shared Knowledge Asset Management vision and strategy linked to the business objectives
* A knowledge sharing culture
* Robust knowledge enabled processes that harvest and leverage the ideas, new learnings and insights
* Natural and flourishing knowledge-led communities
* Enabling knowledge technologies
* Aligned rewards and recognition
* Critical knowledge worker skills training
* Defined and effectively managed Knowledge Worker competence levels
* Measures to gauge the business performance, knowledge productivity, and innovation benefits
The KAM Methodology follows the phased approach :
AWARENESS:
Awareness about the benefits of knowledge asset management and its relationships to strategic as well as operational and day-to-day issues in the business environment.
STAGE I: PLAN
PLAN refers to the Knowledge Asset Management strategic planning phase.
STAGE II: DEVELOP
DEVELOP is the phase in which an organisation starts to transforms itself into a more knowledge driven company, piloting knowledge driven processes, networks and technologies.
STAGE III: OPERATE
OPERATE is the phase following successful measurable pilots, in which an organisation rolls-out a company-wide implementation plan with a holistic approach to Knowledge Asset management
MEASUREMENT
Measurement and reporting of the knowledge assets portfolio, and level of leveraging of knowledge assets
TRAINING of both the knowledge workers to develop knowledge competencies, the new knowledge driven processes, tools and technologies, as well as developing people to new knowledge-related roles
NEXT STEP
For more information and details contact info@knowledge-associates.com