KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DELHI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, FROM RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Knowledge management (KM) is an essential consideration in any higher educational institutions (HEIs) to ensure that knowledge flows efficiently between the people and processes. A crucial aspect of KM in HEIs that has not been addressed adequately is the unstructured nature of knowledge management and varying degrees of conformance to KM mechanisms in the functional domains. The paper aims to suggest a knowledge management and Knowledge sharing framework for DSM and evaluate the KM mechanisms in order to reiterate on the urgent need for knowledge management support in DSM. The evaluation of the framework indicated the nascent nature of knowledge management in DSM. The evaluation also indicated that KM in DSM is highly unstructured and occurs in dissimilar activities of the institutions.The practical implications of KM initiatives in DSM include the enhancement in the overall effectiveness and efficiency. A KM system should be integrated into the institution’s processes and work environment to upgrade the quality of education through efficient sharing of knowledge. The focus area of this project is the sharing of research and White papers among the internal as well as external stakeholders. So, after designing the proposed framework, Stakeholder analysis is done separately for different modules. This analysis consists of detail study of sharing mechanism presently existing in DSM, through questionnaire survey and Interviews. The life cycle and activities of Research Scholars in DSM is thoroughly studied, while proposing the system. In the proposed Framework, lay out of both the front-end and the back-end architecture is represented and discussed pictorially. Finally few recommendations are given for the implementation and efficient working of the system.