Knowledge Management
Our services to the education sector are centred on the theme of knowledge management. Knowledge Management is the collection of processes that govern the creation, dissemination, and utilisation of knowledge.
In practice, knowledge management often encompasses identifying and mapping intellectual assets within the organization, generating new knowledge for competitive advantage within the organization, making vast amounts of corporate information accessible, sharing of best practices, and technology that enables all of the above - including groupware and intranets.
Information practices and learning strategies associated with knowledge management are gaining acceptance in the field of education. Most educational institutions have some type of information management system in place, but several barriers make it difficult to use and share data and information effectively. Similarly, most educational institutions have invested in a technological system, but are finding that merely having technology does not necessarily improve the decision making process. One of the primary benefits of Knowledge Management is that it actively addresses both the technology culture and the information culture at an institution, and seeks to advance both simultaneously, through improvement in the use and sharing of data and information in decision making.
At Unison Education we utilise three main knowledge management tools:
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