A simplified integrated critical activity-based knowledge audit template

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to provide Knowledge Management Practitioners with a simplified and activity-based Knowledge Audit process that is focused on identifying must-have or critical knowledge in a for-profit corporate organizational setting. The Knowledge Audit focuses on the critical business objectives specifically in a for-profit environment, but may be applied to other forms of organization with some adaptation. The output of this Knowledge Audit is a set of three distinct inventories of knowledge needs intended to satisfy the recruitment needs of knowledge acquisition, the learning/training needs, and the knowledge base requirements to achieve organizational goals.