In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in scientific research, and the actual implementation in the organization, knowledge systems. While much of this effort was the creation of these systems more efficient, the gap between the developed and the need to maintain security management knowledge and further bleeding from the same pool of institutional knowledge. This paper describes the gap and provides a set of mechanisms (socialization, training, mentoring and continuous reporting), which can be used to reduce the loss of critical knowledge. Because knowledge is fundamentally cognitive phenomenon, these mechanisms focus on the exchange of knowledge by experienced and less experienced managers. The article also recommends that these largely informal mechanisms be absorbed by the organization to become an integral part of the formal mode of knowledge management, in particular, the institutional system of knowledge. "Hide
by Eliezer Geisler Source: Business Horizons 11 pages. Publication Date: November 1, 2007. Prod. #: BH252-PDF-ENG
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