KM Roundtable: KM in the Nation's Capital
KM in the Nation's Capital provides an overview of KM organizations, certificate and degree programs operating at universities in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.
International Center of Applied Studies and Information Technology (ICASIT)
The Knowledge Ecology Certificate Program (KECP)
Center for Knowledge and Information Management
The Knowledge Management Council, UMCP
KM Programs at The George Washington University
International
Center for Applied Studies in Information Technology (ICASIT)
(School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia)
ICASIT has implemented a broadly focused effort to help organizations
understand and implement Knowledge Management processes. By more effectively
using corporate knowledge and wisdom, many companies have been able to
improve collaboration, operations, and mission performance. ICASIT sponsors
KM business round tables, courses, seminars and applied research.
Contact Information:
Director, Steve Ruth
Manager, Jiwan Giri
Email: jgiri@gmu.edu
Phone: (703) 993-3522
4400 University Drive, MS 3C6
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
The
Knowledge Ecology Certificate Program (KECP)
(School of Public Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia)
KECP is an international, online certificate program offered through George
Mason University. KECP is a cutting-edge integration of diverse, complementary
learnings from it's designers and faculty; thought leaders and practitioners.
This program is designed to involve you in seeding "knowledge ecology"
within your own organization as you learn. Integrating theory and practice
real-time, KECP blends the fields of Knowledge Management, Organizational
Learning, Leadership, and Innovation. This Program is the first of its
kind.
Contact Information:
Mark Addleson, Co-Founder and Director, Program on Social and Organizational
Learning (PSOL)
Arash Sadati, Co-founder, Knowing
Daisy Birch, Co-founder, Knowing
4400 University Drive, MS 3C6
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Center
for Knowledge and Information Management (CKIM)
(Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College
Park, Maryland)
CKIM is a research center focusing on the transformation of business practices
through information technology and the creation, management, and deployment
of knowledge and information. The Center sponsors a number of activities
related to its mission, including the Leveraging Corporate Knowledge Seminar
Series. Previous Confererences on (CIKM)
are also available in this site.
Contact Information:
Patricia Wallace, Executive Director
Email: pwallace@rhsmith.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-8456
Michael O. Ball, Acting Director
Email: mball@rhsmith.umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-2227
The
Knowledge Management Council
(Center for Quality & Productivity (UMCQP), University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland)
The council exists to provide opportunities for its members to exchange
ideas about knowledge management and provides a non-competitive environment
in which members can examine and develop methods for leveraging knowledge
to create customer value and business results. The intent of the council
is to prepare members to apply strategies, templates, and practices in
their organizations, and secondarily, to advocate their broader application
in the community.
Contact Information:
The Maryland Center for Quality & Productivity
4511 Knox Road, Suite 102
University of Maryland at College Park, MD 20740
Phone: (301) 403-4413
Fax: (301) 403-4478
KM Programs
at The George Washington University
(School of Engineering and Applied Science, The George Washington
University, Washington, DC)
Knowledge management is the effective application of management "best
practices" and information technologies that benefit an enterprise in
attaining their objectives efficiently and effectively. It holds the keys
to competitive advantage, better customer care, increased Return-On-Investment,
faster time-to-market, better performance, and innovation. KM treats the
identification, capture, analysis, storage, retrieval, transfer, and exploitation
of knowledge within an enterprise.
Contact Information:
Michael Stankosky, D.Sc., Lead Professor, Knowledge Management
Email: mstanko@seas.gwu.edu
2130 H Street NW Suite 704
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: (202) 994-7518
Fax: (202) 994-4606
This Section of the site was last updated on March 25, 2002