This document discusses a presentation on knowledge management (KM) and its contribution to sustainable economic development in the Middle East. The presentation covers topics such as strategic and operational KM, knowledge-based and knowledge-driven economies, sustainable economic development, and moving toward a knowledge economic theory. It also references frameworks such as knowledge asset management and the four dimensions of knowledge and innovation according to the Asian Productivity Organization.

1. KM and its contribution to
sustainable economic
development in the Middle East
27th March 2013, Abu Dhabi, KM Middle East
Ron Young, CKO, Knowledge Associates Cambridge Ltd
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Agenda
� Strategic and Operational Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Based and Knowledge Driven
� Sustainable Economic Development
� Towards a Knowledge Economic Theory
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2. King’s College Cambridge
Knowledge Associates Cambridge Ltd
St John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge, UK
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3. Agenda
� Strategic and Operational Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Based and Knowledge Driven
� Sustainable Economic Development
� Towards a Knowledge Economic Theory
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“Which key areas of knowledge, if they
could be better managed, would make a
BIG DIFFERENCE to achieving our
objectives?”
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4. Agenda
� Strategic and Operational Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Based and Knowledge Driven
� Sustainable Economic Development
� Towards a Knowledge Economic Theory
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Three KM Paradigms
� KM is extra to my work
� KM is an important part of my work
� KM is my work
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5. 1998 UK Government White Paper
Building a Knowledge Driven Economy
“ Our success depends on how well we
exploit our most valuable assets: our
knowledge, skills and creativity.
These are key to designing high-value
goods and services and advanced
business practices. They are at the
heart of a modern, knowledge driven
economy.”
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6. “Government needs to
learn and innovate as
much as the private sector
and it must create new
mechanisms for sharing
ideas and best practices.”
Agenda
� Strategic and Operational Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Based and Knowledge Driven
� Sustainable Economic Development
� Towards a Knowledge Economic Theory
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7. ‘ Knowledge is the key factor of
production for 21st Century’
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‘ Knowledge is the most renewable, and
the most powerful energy in the world’
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8. Knowledge as the sustainable economic
development asset
Knowledge Asset Management
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9. Knowledge Asset Management
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Agenda
� Strategic and Operational Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Based and Knowledge Driven
� Sustainable Economic Development
� Towards a Knowledge Economic Theory
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10. 2001 British Standards Institute
Guide to Good Practices
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The 16th World Congress of Accountants
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11. 2007 – 2013 Asian Productivity
Organisation (APO)
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Understanding the 4 Dimensions of
Knowledge & Innovation
KM&I
Vision
1.Communication 2. Collaboration 3. KM Process 4.Create &
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Innovate
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12. Summary
� Strategic and Operational Knowledge Management
� Knowledge Based and Knowledge Driven
� Sustainable Economic Development
� Towards a Knowledge Economic Theory
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‘ How the Middle East and its
contribution to a sustainable Global
Knowledge Driven Economy’
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