Topic > Introducing the early stages of KM in Thai universities

It is important to review the Public Sector Development Commission of Thailand (OPDC) on behalf of the Thai government which has shaped the Thai university by including KM strategies in its strategic plan company for the years 2006 to 2010 (Commission 2007). In 2006, Thai universities, in order to improve their management performance, introduced the first stages of KM into the organization. At that time, because KM was new to the staff, only a few members understood him. According to the university's annual report on the results obtained from the KM experiment, the university lacked a good business plan for knowledge management (Naresuan University 2008). The former KM committee of a university also pointed out that the implementation of KM in the university had no clear objectives or goals. Furthermore, staff had little skills or proper understanding of how to effectively implement KM activities, a problem that continues to exist in many other Thai universities.2.1.1 The current functioning of knowledge management in all Thai universitiesKM is been initiated in Thai universities at the time In late 2006, Thai universities initiated KM activities by applying and managing KM in many ways (Sarawanawong et al. 2009) as follows: University policy. The four-year KM strategic plan for Thai universities 2007–2010 (Sarawanawong et al. 2009) focuses on KM using tools that can improve and develop the Thai university into a learning organization. The Office of the Public Sector Development Commission of Thailand requires every public organization to apply KM to transform itself into a learning organization. The annual evaluation and follow-up of each public university is controlled by the Office of Public Sector...... middle of the document...... “Platoo Model” of the Management Institute (KMI). This tool focuses on sharing knowledge among staff. Therefore, Thai universities now encourage staff to create and acquire knowledge through sharing knowledge between individuals and groups through the use of various KM tools. Examples include: story telling, working groups/communities of practice, staff meetings/team meetings, brainstorming, one-on-one conversations, tutoring/mentoring, best practices and online discussions via web blogs. Additionally, Thai universities have been in able to integrate staff knowledge into his organization. Thai universities have mechanisms to store, organize, capture and codify staff's working knowledge. Therefore, Thai universities have the potential for an information technology infrastructure to support the storage and dissemination of knowledge within the organization.