The 12 Principles Of The Army Knowledge Management Doctrine

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Knowledge Management (KM) is taught at the Mission Command Center of Excellence (MC CoE) located at the back side of Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Some will argue that KM is the mission command enabler and the bridge between mission command Warfighting Function (WfF) and the network (Kitchens, 2011). There are 12 principles to Army Knowledge Management Doctrine. A crucial piece of KM is leadership support and buy in. The four most relatable principles to me are: Principle 1, Train and educate KM leaders, managers, and champions; Principle 4, Use every interaction whether face-to-face or virtual as an opportunity to acquire and share knowledge; Principle 5, Preventing knowledge loss and finally, Principle 7, Embed knowledge assets in standard business processes and …show more content…

In simpler terms, make every event a sharing event. Each time staff sections or personnel within a unit interact, they are passing information back and forth. Some situations result in greater rewards than others. These are the events that must be capitalized. Through collaboration and discussion, knowledge sharing enables an understanding of the operational environment, problems to be solved, and approaches to solving them (FM 6-01.1). The operational environment dictates how the knowledge is shared.
In a field environment, face-to-face interaction is not always possible. This is why units must establish a standard way of sharing knowledge in any environment. Whether it is a Standard Operation Procedure (SOP), document libraries or even shared web based archives, files and reports. Information standardization is key to sharing knowledge. Standardization and collaboration between people, assist and support knowledge transfer (FM 6-01.1). Collaboration is a key competency of KM. Proper knowledge transfer prevents people from being left in the dark in a constantly changing atmosphere.
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