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Roundtable |
Adding value with knowledge
partnerships
March 21, 2000 |
When information professionals in IT, content management,
and human resources succeed in marketing their knowledge services to business
units, demand often exceeds supply. Forming strategic partnerships with
both internal and external organizations can help meet the need. But creating
and sustaining viable partnerships can be tricky. In this roundtable,
participants will explore the pros and cons, discuss the major issues,
and share information about what works and what doesn't. See also
previous roundtables.
The Society of Knowledge Base
Publishers will hold a one-day roundtable at the Mitre Corporation,
Bedford, MA on March 21, 2000, to provide a forum in which participants
can share information on this topic. This is not a training session, but
an idea exchange for experienced practitioners. The session is being hosted
by Mark Maybury, Executive Director of Mitre's Information Technology
Division. Mitre has recently launched a "Knowledge Partners"
program to create a "reserve work force" and allow organizations
with similar interests to collaborate.
DISCUSSION TOPICS
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What kinds of knowledge partnerships are possible?
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What are the primary reasons for creating a partnership?
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Is it possible to start small and deepen the partnership
relationship over time? If so, how?
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What techniques do companies use to share intellectual
assets in a partnership?
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Partnership accounting: how do the parties in a
partnership calculate the value of their individual contributions
and allocate the benefits?
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What kinds of organizations make the best partners
-- and why?
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What are some examples of successful knowledge
partnerships? What made them succeed?
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What additional/specialized services in expertise
finding, knowledge mapping or knowledge integration are required in
cross-organizational knowledge partnerships?
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