PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: EDUCATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS

[Kevin Chilton]

This paper clarifies Personal Knowledge Management, and its seven information skills, as a framework for the education of those preparing for knowledge work roles in global business and management.

The seven information skills highlighted are:
(1) retrieving information;
(2) evaluating information;
(3) organizing information;
(4) collaborating around information;
(5) analyzing information;
(6) presenting information;
(7) securing information.

For each information skill, there is a discussion of its significance, the logical skills required for its effective use, and its technological components. Emphasis is placed on the importance of educating current and future knowledge workers to effectively use these skills in the context of their personal responsibility for managing knowledge.