Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Benefits Tree

Benefits Tree of Knowledge Management


“A diagrammatic representation of cause-effect relationships from knowledge processes to business outcomes”

Benefits tree is a simple but effective tool for showing interdependencies between different types of benefit. In the current scenario, not every organization used Knowledge Management concept or have any department for that. This Benefits tree make them understand the importance of knowledge management or provide a clear understanding of the 'bottom line' benefits of knowledge management before they invest. Knowledge initiative is a project where the cost is visible, but the benefits are diffused throughout the organization or there are long term benefits and qualitative not quantitative. A benefits tree relates the immediately visible benefits, through a series of steps to those understood by senior executives.

The following tree has been created from the outputs of three separate situations and highlights some commonly found benefits.


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