Personal knowledge management

Personal knowledge management (English personal knowledge management ), interchangeably also known as individual knowledge management, is a self- management concept, which aims to manage knowledge resources and learning processes independently and sent.

In contrast to knowledge management at the organizational level, it is the personal knowledge management is not about knowledge in a team or in a company, but with the perspective of a single individual - irrespective of whether in professional or private.

Personal knowledge management integrates contributions from different subject areas to higher-level concepts and methods. Embedded in this framework are particularly time management, self-management, information management, psychology of learning, learning strategy, stress and fault management, competency management, and networking and communications management.

Importance and problems

In the meaning of the "European Guide to Good Practice in Knowledge Management" personal knowledge management is defined as " a set of concepts, methods and tools for structuring and ordering of individual knowledge bases, which allows employees to take responsibility for what they know and who they know. " Starting point for personal knowledge management is always the reflection of individual thinking and actions to improve their own efficiency and that of the participating persons in the learning and work area. Media, information and scientific publications are increasing exponentially. From the data and information flood problem areas arise in private and professional environments. Especially in the professional context expertise are not sufficient due to the declining half-life of knowledge and need to be extended by special key competences in dealing with stocks of knowledge and learning processes.

Themes and sub-disciplines

Personal knowledge management is made up of different components, such as

1 Personal Goals

Personal goals and their evaluation are the starting point for personal knowledge management. Based on the basic methodology of self-management and time management, which goes back to the "Management by Objectives" by Peter Drucker, is effected for example, prioritizing or the distinction of Dringlichem and important. The differentiation of long-term, strategic objectives for skills development against acute, operational objectives for the direct problem solution is from the perspective of personal knowledge management as appropriate, as the distinction of objectives clearly calculable tasks to increase efficiency on the one hand and unplanned, creatively developing procedures for innovative solutions on the other. Starting point for the development of goals is an accurate, insightful picture of the current reality. Knowledge objectives should be in accordance with the personal life goals, their own " vision of a successful life " or higher. Through this alignment learning and knowledge goals are easier to find and can be " lived " every day. Clarity about goals and knowledge true interests improves motivation and stamina, helps to overcome external resistance and internal doubt.

2 Personal Competencies

Personal skills such as motivation, commitment, motivation, flexibility, creativity, and perseverance include general skills and attitudes in which the individual attitude to the world and to work is expressed. Also of importance is the ability to focus on few things, but essential, so as to focus the forces and increase their effectiveness. Another management policy, which is especially geared towards the long-term development of knowledge and skills, concerns the expansion of already existing strengths rather than eliminating weaknesses. Focusing on a few talents subconscious ignorance of negligible weaknesses is a key skill to be effective and successful in any area. The ability to initiate self- learning processes in the light of their own strengths and weaknesses, is called self- learning skills. A crucial skill is also dealing with emotional blocks, motivation problems and stress.

3rd learning

Learning and knowledge are in a reciprocal relationship, correspond to different perspectives on the same phenomenon. Knowledge is based on learning is the result of human action and cognition. Knowledge, in turn, creates new ways of thinking and action, as influenced perception and learning processes.

The way how new knowledge is created, is very diverse. Nestled in an environment, it is made ​​from artificial and social knowledge carriers out how knowledge effectively and efficiently incurred or may be divided. The particular problem and objectives requires the selection of a suitable knowledge support. The actual learning process is preceded by the identification of personal skills and objectives. A great importance is the determination of the type of learning and the coordination of learning methods on the person and situation. The use of learning strategies includes "those behaviors and thoughts that enable learners to influence their motivation and the process of knowledge acquisition and control ." The focus is placed on the process, the process of active knowledge construction and individual. Reading techniques are used to adapt the way of reading the goals of the reader and thus contribute to an optimal use while minimizing the expense.

4 networks and social competence

The importance of unmediated, direct communication with technically mediated transmission of information is that knowledge is the knowledge accessible only to a small extent and can be verbalized or transmitted in information and data. Social transmission of knowledge is indeed a little recognized, however, because usually invisible knowledge work, the practical success of informal and incidental learning justify the high cost for the maintenance and care of personal contacts.

5 Personal Information Management

Information overload and poor information quality make the search, preparation and documentation of information in spite of many technological possibilities usually difficult. A personal information management turns using information and communication technologies to practical approaches and solutions to curb the wealth of information on a meaningful measure, evaluate, and keep it available. Simple and practical strategies for individual information processing include:

• Not collect information aimlessly, but always in terms of answers to concrete problems and hypotheses;
• Condense information ( through visualization, keywords, tables), bundle, reduce and restructure;
• Attention to compact, well-structured information of high reliability;
• Rethink folder structures and nomenclatures regularly;
• Hard disk, notes, bookmark folders to clean up regularly.

6 tools and methods

At best practices that can be used to organize a personal knowledge management include: