KSC Core Principles Flashcards
What is KCS?
A proven methodology for integrating the use, validation, improvement, and creation of knowledge into the workflow.
What key process is inherent in the KCS methodology?
The process of continuous improvement based on the experience of those doing the work and the patterns that emerge from knowledge reuse.
How is KCS different from traditional knowledge engineering approaches?
Traditional approaches are based on the idea of knowledge from a few for the use of the many. KCS is based on the idea of knowledge from the many for the use of the many.
From what does the elegance of the KCS model stem?
The fact that it is demand-driven and self-correcting.
On what academic model are KCS principles based?
The concepts of Double Loop Learning.
For what types of businesses does KCS generate the most value?
Information and Knowledge-intensive businesses.
There is only one way to implement KCS principles (T/F)
False. There are many ways KCS principles can be adapted to an organization.
Define “Abundance”
Share more, learn more.
Define “Create Value”
Work Tasks, think big picture.
Define “Demand Driven”
Just-in-time, not just-in-case.
Define “Trust”
Engage, empower, motivate.
What kind of product have business models largely catered to?
Physical, tangible products you can feel and touch.
What is the primary limiting factor to physical products?
They are finite and operate on a basis of scarcity. The sharer will always have less of the product after the exchange than before.
How does knowledge differ most from physical products?
Knowledge is intangible, not bound by the principles of scarcity, and can be made abundant merely by sharing it.
What is knowledge the by-product of?
An interaction or experience.
