Knowledge retention
Definition
Knowledge retention is
Description
Knowledge Retention addresses the case of knowledge leaving the organization. For some organizations this is a more serious problems than for others. Knowledge leaves organizations for many reasons, although for many organizations the problem is an ageing/retiring workforce and the need to identify what knowledge needs to be retained within the organization, but knowledge leaves because of lay-offs and normal staff turn-over too.
It is not necessary to save all of the knowledge that exists within an organization, some of it is transient and/or not critical to the organization's operations. For this reason it is important to assess the organization's knowledge along two axes: Time needed to transfer knowledge, and Time needed.
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