Comments on: There are no “KM systems”

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:51:41 +0000

@Mojtaba, you might find this article useful:

http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/cmb_definition/index.html

By: Mojtaba Nassiriyar

Mojtaba Nassiriyar — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:26:08 +0000

Hi Buddy
Thanks for info
I Wounder If You Could Possibly Define Some OF KMS Functionality, So that We Can Distinguish Between CMS, KMS, DMS, Portal, Share points, Network Of Communiuty,Wiki and …

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:26:35 +0000

@Kudzayi, you might find that “KMS” has a specific meaning withing the library community. In which case, define it carefully, and there could well be the basis for a PHD.

By: kudzayi chiwanza

kudzayi chiwanza — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:16:15 +0000

i am in the field of library and information science. i want to do my PHD and focus my research on knowledge management. i was beginning to get confused by the two term KM and KMS because it seems everyone is focusing on KMS. Please i need guidance in my research so that the research matches my area of study. thank you in advance

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 14:49:05 +0000

@Maria, I’d avoid both “MIS” and “KMS” as terms! They are so vague and broad to be useless…

By: maria luz d fang-asa

maria luz d fang-asa — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:29:49 +0000

Hello. Now this article is confusing me more although it sort of explains also why there is confusion in the first place. I am trying to find out the difference between an MIS and a KMS. Looking at the descriptions point out that they are one and the same

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:11:36 +0000

Hi @Mee Lee, there’s probably some work needed to specify exactly what functionality you require. You can then make a decision about a suitable technology (commercial CMS products offer a quite different feature set than blog software, although the gap is closing).

By: Mee Lee

Mee Lee — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:44:54 +0000

Hi, many thanks for posting the article. I’m a very beginner in this KM area.

Right now, I’m in the process of building a KM system. I’m thinking of using CMS, which allows people to do multi crossover data searching and also gives system would also gives recommendations on related documents. But the costing is pretty high.

Should i switch to a blog website system instead?

By: James Robertson

James Robertson — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:39:47 +0000

Yes, it would make sense to pick one type of system, such as EDRMS, CMS, collaboration, etc.

(Either that or look at “knowledge management” more broadly than the technology, which is certainly a valid topic for research, if a big area to cover!)

By: someone

someone — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:42:33 +0000

Do you mean I do my research on EDRMS or CMS rather than KMS ??
sorry for stupid question but I am in the beginning and confused :S