How the knowledge dynamics of individuals, communities, and Ba drive the knowledge management

This paper describes the framework of Knowledge Assessment, a diagnostic methodology to assess various requirements for successful knowledge-based management. It is difficult for a corporation to clarify the important knowledge assets and how to shift them for the future. Although it is the individual knowledge worker who creates knowledge assets, it is also very difficult for the corporation to understand actually how knowledge workers create knowledge. Knowledge Assessment helps to make clear the knowledge strategy in the corporation by visualizing the relationship between the knowledge assets and the method of knowledge work. The results of the Knowledge Assessment in which ten Japanese leading companies participated are also presented. The key findings of the research are knowledge strategy patterns for corporations, and knowledge work patterns for employees. Based on the results, the paper discusses how Knowledge Work/Media Space drives to create knowledge that is important in the future.