Searching for KM

Knowledge Management is a term that goes in and out of favor. Whatever name you give it though, consistently capturing and reusing intellectual assets is a critical endeavor within an organization that values information- sharing. In addition to the social and organizational aspects of KM, a short list of systems supporting KM includes search, collaboration, and distance learning. Whether called KM or not, most companies have used email and calendaring for some time and, in a limited sense, already use a KM system: basic collaboration. Today--as far as KM in practice goes--enterprise search and retrieval seems to be giving organizations the most trouble.