The Boisot I-Space KM Model

Presented To
Ms. Sundus Alam

Presented By

Roll No

01, 07, 08, 24, 39, 46, 48, 55, 62, 70

Class
BS IT 7th Semester
Date
25-10-19

Department of Information Technology

Government College for Women University FSD

 The Boisot I-Space KM Model
 Information Space Model
 Knowledge concept of ‘Information good’
 When an observer extract from data, based on their expectation or prior knowledge.
Boisot proposes the following two key points:
1. The more easily data can be structured and converted into information,
The more diffusible it becomes.
2. The less data that has been so structured requires a shared context for
Its diffusion, the more diffusible it becomes.
The I-Space model can be visualized as a three-dimensional cube with the
Following dimensions
(1) Codified—uncodified
(2) Abstract—concrete
(3) Diffused—undiffused.

The Social Learning cycle in Boisot’s -space KM-Model

Phase Name Description
1 Scanning Identifying threats and opportunities
2 Problem Problem solving initiated in the uncodified region of the
Solving I-space
3 Abstraction Generalizing the application of newly codified insights to
a wider range of situation.
4 Diffusion Sharing the newly creating insights with a target
population.
5 Absorption Applying the newly codified insights to different
situations in a “learning by doing” or a “learning by
using” fashion.
 6 Impacting The embedding of abstract knowledge in concrete
practices.

Complex adaptive system models of KM

Purpose: Models of complex systems are used to understand, predict and prevent the most
daunting problems we face today; issues such as climate change, loss of biodiversity, energy
consumption

 Viable system model

 View the organization as an intelligent complex adaptive system
 A system which can adapt intelligently
 Consist of many independent agents that interact with one another
 Their combined behavior gives rises to complex adaptive phenomena
 Self-organize, no overall authority that directs how the independent agent act
 Organization that
 Composed of a large number of self-organizing component.
 Take from environment, transform it into higher value objects
Example:
Climate; cities; firms; markets; governments; industries; ecosystems; social networks; power grids;
animal swarms; traffic flows; social insect (e.g. ant) colonies; the brain and the immune system; and
the cell and the developing embryo.

Strategic implications of KM model

Model help us to:
 Put the disparate pieces of a puzzle together in a way that lead to deeper
understanding of both the pieces. This is not to say that KM is silver bullet or that it
will solve all organizational problems.
 Those area of knowledge intensive work and intellectual capital development that are
amenable to KM processes, on the other hand, require a solid foundation of
understanding what is KM, what the key KM cycle processes is.

Overview of ICAS Model