READIT-2007 - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

As KM and learning activities for operating personnel were already streamlined,
focused attention was given for qualification development for
construction/project/engineering personnel. Committees and facilitator groups were
constituted in the corporate offices for finalization of qualification procedures.
Corporate interventions were made to ensure embedding knowledge elements in all
the new business process automation projects (core business as well as commercial
systems) so that the generated knowledge can be transformed, stored and
disseminated for business needs.
The practices and methods followed in NPCIL for development, establishment and
maintenance of knowledge management programs were primarily designed to achieve
the following:
• Enhance effectiveness of overall knowledge management methods based on
identification of functional areas requiring improvement.
• Incorporation of knowledge management systems/tools to promote capturing
of implicit knowledge and for supporting of effective dissemination of
knowledge.
• Design and development of KM tools and improvements based on users’
feedback.
Three major subgroups (‘Development and Implementation of Knowledge
Dissemination Programs’, ‘KM System and Tools Development’ and ‘Management of
KM Establishments’) were constituted for enhancing the KM activities.
This write-up summarizes the outline of on-going / proposed knowledge
management system/tools development activities for tapping and disseminating
organization’s intellectual assets — both explicit (known externally – recorded) and
tacit (personal know-how) for positive business results. The guiding factors for
development of IT enabled KM systems/ tools are:
• Development of new approach for human asset management - acquisition and
retention. Identification, career progression and redeployment of intellectual
assets to organization’s best advantage.
• Work Flow Automation of Training/Learning processes and development of
knowledge management tools including web based automated tools, e-
learning, and computer based training packages etc. Enhancement of
effectiveness of KM systems/tools already developed.
• Development of management system for various training /qualification
Programs required for developing and maintaining required competencies
among technical personnel for effective discharge of their duties.
• Making corporate information accessible to employee through knowledge
portal, knowledge bank , communities of practices/ interests , groups of
subject matter experts and sharing of the best practices
• Analysis of manpower requirement, interface and co-ordination for engineer’s
recruitment, allocations, follow up with training centers at various sites for
ensuring training as per curriculum and their placement.
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