Primary Services - Knowledge Study and Analysis
The main area of AKRI expertise and the core activity of AKRI services is Knowledge Study and Analysis. This can also be a core component for many business requirements from straightforward management functions to the testing of speculative new ideas.
With Knowledge Structure Mapping:
You can use colour to see knowledge risk and where the highest risks are located within the map structure. You can set a preferred colour scheme to view risk. You can change the way that knowledge risk is computed by altering parameter weightings. You can select different combinations of parameter values to use to compute risk and use these probes to explore the knowledge resource more deeply.
You can examine the knowledge that is common to two separate work areas and consider the interdependence of the work areas. You can look at the knowledge requirements of major knowledge sub areas and in that way, see what knowledge particular activities require. This information could even be used to help select the best candidate for a new position within the work area. You can look at how particular elements of knowledge may be required across the whole knowledge domain and then consider the risks associated with such knowledge areas.
When a knowledge study is complete, you can use the Knowledge Study Tool to automatically create a web resource that contains the data from the study.
You can Monitor Knowledge Growth using the method and the tool provides analytical support. The tool can even export analytical results from the growth comparison to the web resource. You can see this by comparing this web resource with growth data to the one linked to above.
Experts
Additional benefits can be gained from Knowledge Structure Mapping if experts are associated with the knowledge resource. This can be done visually in the Knowledge Study Tool and the results of this can be exported to the web resource. Managers can also assign staff that may be capable even though not yet expert in a knowledge area. A capable person is someone that can be trusted to carry out a task but may need to seek help in certain circumstances.
Managers can assign responsibility for knowledge development, again using the visual structure of the Knowledge Structure Map. This means that progress on knowledge development or risk reduction can be supported.
Profiles
For an overall assessment of a knowledge area, a manager can make use of an overview of parameter values and risk distribution.
For
instance, the map can be inspected by looking at
the overall spread of risk values right across the knowledge area. This
can
provide an overall assessment of knowledge area risk and can identify
how much
of the knowledge area is at high risk and how much of the risk is
acceptable.
Returning to the map view can then pinpoint the precise high risk
areas. The
knowledge tool can display a map that just identifies the knowledge
elements
that are in the highest 10% of risk.The tool can display a table of all
of the
knowledge nodes ordered in high to low risk order with the top 10%
being
clearly marked.
Profiles for all of the numerical parameters can also be created. For instance, the profile of the proportion of staff that are experts in a knowledge area could become a source of data to monitor the success of education, training and development programmes run by an organisation.
The options identified on this page are simply a sample of the services that Knowledge Study through Knowledge Structure Mapping can provide for an organisation.
With Knowledge Structure Mapping you can:
- Share in a common view of the knowledge resource
- See where the high risks are and how they can impact on the business
- See how your experts work with their knowledge
- Monitor knowledge growth during key business initiatives
- Get the information to help you manage
- Identify what actions you can take
