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PREPARING KNOWLEDGE MANAGER FOR 4 TH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 4th Industrial  We’re on the cusp of the  Fourth Industrial Revolution , or Industry 4.0. It’s quite different than the three Industrial Revolutions that preceded it—steam and water power, electricity and assembly lines, and computerization—because it will even challenge our ideas about what it means to be human. It is stated that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will primarily affect the following four organizational areas: • Customer expectations – how customers are served; • Product enhancement – digital capabilities, durable and resilient, predictive maintenance; • Collaborative innovation – new forms of collaboration; • Organizational forms – new business models, different skills and talent. In the third industrial revolution of those areas where supported and enabled by knowledge manager. Due to the effect of forth industrial revolution to the organisation and the way in which knowl...

KNOWLEDGE HARVESTING Is an integrated set of processes whereby the often hidden insights of top performers are converted into specific, actionable know-how that can be transferred to other employees via software?   In the process, top performers verbalize their tacit know-how and thereby make it explicit. KNOWLEDGE HARVESTING PROGRAMS APPLIED WITHIN ORGANISATIONS. Collaboration between old and new employee One way is to allow the soon-to-retire individual to work flexible hours while helping transition another individual into their current role. This is something that would take some time, so the retiree would have to stick around for a while. Incentives to keep the veteran around could include unlimited time off, work from home half time, half days, etc. By giving them a large amount of flexibility, they might not be willing to put off retirement for a little longer. On-Site Observation Process of observing, interpreting, and recording expert’s problem-solvi...