Managing People: Knowledge Management and Employee Empowerment

This essay examines the significance of constant learning and collaboration in managing people within organizations, drawing insights from an article discussing Singaporean firms' knowledge management approaches. It highlights how technological innovations and collaborative efforts empower employees, fostering a sustainable approach to business operations. The analysis focuses on LinkedIn's 'EmpowerIn' program as an example of promoting continuous learning to adapt to emerging technologies. The essay reflects on the importance of aligning employee skills with market needs, emphasizing that collaborative decision-making and skill management strategies are crucial for organizational success in dynamic environments. The evaluation of knowledge and skill management helps in maintaining efficacy of the functions while operating in diverse technological changing situations.

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Title of Article: Constantly learning is key to staying competitive
Date of Article: July 16, 2018
Source of Article: CHOO, F., 2017. Constantly learning is key to staying competitive. [online]
The Straits Times. Available at: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/constantly-
learning-is-key-to-staying-competitive [Accessed 20 Nov. 2018].
Topic: Future of skills
Key concepts: Constant learning and Collaboration
Summary
The article enumerates the different aspects of change that are undertaken by the
Singaporean organizations related to the knowledge management perspectives of the employees
in order to enhance the operations. The different technological innovations that are undertaken
by the organizations have assisted in inducing the sustainable approach of the same. Knowledge
management and constant learning will be helping the organization in empowering the activities
of the employees. On the other hand, the collaborative functioning of the employees on the
knowledge management initiatives of the enterprise will be helping to enhance the operations as
per the objectives. Transformation in the different business units are supported through the
collaborative functioning of the employees as per the objectives of the organization.

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The article focuses on the evaluation of the needs of a collaborative workforce in
maintaining the efficacy of the operations through continuous learning. The innovations that are
undertaken by businesses will be supported through the knowledge of the employees on the
processes. The article also discussed the different initiatives that were undertaken by different
organizations like LinkedIn through the creation of a program called ‘EmpowerIn’. The program
aimed at making the employees aware of the different emerging technologies empowering their
operations as per the objectives of the business. The key changes that are undertaken by
organizations are based on the collaborative functioning of the workforce with the management.
On the other hand, the induction of continuous learning attributes helps the organization in
managing the knowledge of the emerging processes among the employees resulting to the
smooth functioning of the same. The article focused on predicting the future of skills through an
assessment of the knowledge management attributes that are undertaken by the organizations.
Analysis
Ms Feon Ang, LinkedIn's vice-president of talent and learning solutions for Asia-Pacific,
stated in an interview that LinkedIn has taken steps to establish transformation through
encouraging the employees to enhance their learning as per the changing technological situation.
The different aspects of change that are undertaken by organizations are based on the knowledge
of the people on the processes and the technological innovations. The empowerment of the
employees depends invariably on the knowledge attributes of the same. The article defined the
different activities that were undertaken by Ms Ang in order to bring forth improvements in the
organizational operations of LinkedIn through workshops, virtual learning sessions and group
mentoring programs. On the other hand, the increased collaborative operations of the employees
have helped in enhancing the operation of the business through cooperation with the business

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management. Change readiness among the employees and the enhanced collaborative approach
of the same has helped Ms Ang in undertaking the knowledge management programs in order
to empower the activities of the employees and thereby ensure skilled operation of the same as
per the objectives of the business. The article undertakes an identification of different skills that
might be incorporated by the Singaporean employees in order to enhance their scopes of being
employed in different organizations. The identification of the different skills and the manner in
which they might be enhanced and empowered in the employees is being discussed as a part of
the article. The concepts of collaborative operations of the employees and the manner in which
they might be empowered are being stated as a part of the article. It has helped in understanding
the importance of knowledge and skill management initiatives that are undertaken by businesses
in order to facilitate the smooth functioning of the enterprise units.
Reflection
The article that has been evaluated in the section focuses on the role of the employees in
maintaining the efficacy of the functions while operating in diverse technological changing
situations. The collaborative functioning of the workforce with the management helps in
enhancing the operations of the same. On the other hand, the skill management strategies help
organizations in empowering the activities of the workforce through evaluation of the market and
organizational needs and thereby undertake different practices in order to enhance the operations
of the workforce. Moreover, the active support of the employees to the management’s decision
making relating to training and empowerment of the employees will be helping the enterprise in
upgrading the potentials of the same as per the changing contexts. On the other hand, the
collaborative functioning of the employees helps the organization in implementing efficient
people management strategies.

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