Software for the strategic management of knowledge

• Grant number: 03/13217-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: January 01, 2005
• End date: April 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computer Systems
• Principal Investigator: Valter Francisco Arruda Alves
• Grantee: Valter Francisco Arruda Alves
• Company: Invernire Internacional Informática Ltda

Abstract

The objective of this project is to demonstrate the viability of producing a piece of software for the strategic management of knowledge within an educational and entrepreneurial philosophy. There are on the market costly software programs used in the management of knowledge centered on information technology, on management information systems, or on the creation of corporate portals. None of these products takes as its starting point company strategies and the knowledge conversion process, that is, the creation, the codification, the storing, the diffusion and the application of knowledge. The software proposed here could be characterized as a learning resource. This product will make available, in the form of templates, conceptual maps, texts and case studies: 1) models for strategic management, such as analysis of scenarios and identification of organizational strengths and weaknesses; 2) processes of converting knowledge from tacit to explicit (and viceversa), such as socialization, externalization, internationalization and combination; and 3) stages in the learning process, such as concrete experience, reflection on what has been lived through, the shaping of concepts and the application of what is learned to new situations, taking as reference the model developed by David Kolb. These business processes and learning models will be integrated in a practical form and in language accessible to the users. (AU)