Thursday 29 May 2008

KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETY

This is my second blog for May. I know I've missed 2 weeks of blogging and I haven't been true to my words - to blog very week. But truth to be told, it isn't because of lack of time, or because I was deprived of any Internet Connection. I was simply being myself... putting things off until the last minute!

May has been a very rewarding month for me... in terms of career advancement as well as in terms of new knowledge acquisition. I think I've learned a lot these 3-4 weeks than I had been in the last 2 years. When I say learning, I mean in all aspects of consulting work as well as in my personal life.

First of all, I'm now involved in the development of a blueprint for Knowledge Management (KM). Take a wild guess who that is for... hehehhee... To my surprise, this whole KM thingy was actually highlighted by our beloved Tun M. (and guess in which year..) in 1991. WOW!!! How long ago was that...?? In 2001 (if I'm not mistaken), a govt. agency (which naming of it is unnecessary) came out with what they called "Knowledge-Based Economy Master Plan". The heading itself can send shivers down your spine. And in that so-called Master Plan, there is a specific chapter (Chapter 8 - Fast Forwarding the Public Sector into the K-Based Civil Service) - one whole bloody chapter dedicated to the public sector. And in that so-called Master Plan, it is also stated that our public sector should achieve K-Based Civil Service in (take a wild guess again...) YEAR 2005!!!

And here we are... (my team and I actually) just starting to develop the blueprint... so what does that tell you..?? When all the top guns on their leather seats are preaching about KM, the arms and legs are now scurrying about doing god knows what to make this happen. I just hope that this "initiative" won't be like other gov. project implementations where THEY DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW HOW TO ASSESS THE ROIs...

ieja


1 comment:

Kerajaan Rakyat said...

Hi Ieja,

Thanxs for placing kerajaan rakyat as one of your 'Recommended Link'.

Well, missing two weeks is just better than none.

Congrats for your rewarding month of May and my God be with you.

Regards,
Kerajaan Rakyat.