About the Knowledge Management Research Program (KMRP)

The KM Research Program at Monash University, Faculty of Information Technology is one of the formal research groups operating since 1995. We are conducting studies towards a comprehensive approach to knowledge management for intelligent decision support. 
We proposed a model to support a task-based knowledge management which helps people to explicitly recognise  existing and to create new knowledge while performing a task. It follows our "learning-by-doing" philosophy.

What is Knowledge Management?

Knowledge Management is a broad concept that addresses the full range of processes by which an organisation deploys knowledge. These involve the acquisition, retention, storage, distribution and use of knowledge in an organisation.

What are the aims of the KM Program?

The KM Program aims to:

  • conduct research into optimising knowledge management for internal and external stakeholders, with particular reference to information agencies themselves
  • to become a centre of excellence in research, research training, consulting and teaching in the area of knowledge management
  • conduct and coordinate a range of activities in the KM area at Monash and beyond
  • generate publications and research students projects

What the KM Program does

We study both technological and organisational/managerial challenges associated with introducing KM into the enterprises. We have and are conducting a number of projects which apply and refine the theoretical models we proposed.

To explore various technological approaches we created a KM Lab   - a Virtual Laboratory. KM Lab is a flexible state-of-the-art facility to support research, research training and teaching in enterprise knowledge management.
The laboratory is based at the Caulfield campus of Monash University and serves staff and students on campus as well as remotely.

The KM Lab works collaboratively with other SIMS research groups, in particular:

Director

Associate Professor Frada Burstein
Associate Professor
Phone: +61 3 990 32011

Deputy Director

Dr Henry Linger
Senior Lecturer
Phone: +61 3 990 32260