KUWAIT: Qualitas Consulting and Training, Co is sponsoring the International Knowledge Management Institute (IKMI), Certification in Knowledge Management (CKM) classes. The training will take place between May 19- 24, 2007 in Kuwait at [Gulf University for Science and Technology]. The course will be led by IKMI Founder and Chairman, Douglas Weidner and IKMI Regional Director, Dana Winner. Weidner has previously conducted CKM courses in Kuwait and has certified trainees from MTC-Kuwait, MTC-Bahrain, KISR, KOC and other organisations in Kuwait.
Jassem Abdulrahman AlMaraghi - CEO, AlTanmiya Holding, & Chairman and Managing Director, QCT - stated: "QCT and IKMI are working together closely to introduce KM to a wider market in Kuwait, to develop KM Leaders and competencies thereby giving Kuwait a competitive edge in the global marketplace." Al Maraghi confirmed that a series of various KM courses will be conducted, in order to provide a bigger number of trainees to take advantage of this unique opportunity and join the KM world.
KM is an emerging, interdisciplinary business model dealing with all aspects of knowledge within the context of an enterprise, whether government, NGO or commercial, including knowledge creation, codification, sharing, and how these activities promote learning and innovation. In one form or another, knowledge management has been around for a very long time.
Knowledge Management helps organisations to:
Increase their speed to market through the reuse of proven resources and methods
Reduce costly mistakes; and ensure excellent results
Enable rapid absorption and diffusion of new ideas, allowing you to sustain a competitive advantage
IKMI was established by a key contributor to the US Government KM initiative; IKMI Chairman Doug Weidner. Chairman Weidner is a pioneering KM practitioner and is a respected consultant, columnist, speaker and KM Instructor. Prior to founding the KM Institute (2004), he was the Chief Knowledge Engineer and Senior Technical Fellow and consultant for $30B corporation. Northrop Grumman, the largest employer of professionals in the Washington, DC area. He provided Northrop Grumman's KM innovations to clients worldwide, including KM training, assessment/planning, design, and implementation. He has been directly involved in KM since he designed the KBase Tool for US Dept of Defense (DoD), while working at a DoD "think tank".
He has consulted with and mentored KM initiatives for the World Bank, the UN, NASA and many other government agencies and commercial firms. He has trained and advised the US Navy Acquisition Reform Office's (ARO) on its enterprise knowledge management system, as well as KM leaders in most US government agencies. Weidner has served on the US E-Gov's KM Conference Advisory Board since 2000. Weidner developed the Certified Knowledge Manager (CKM and Master CKM) Programmes and has certified hundreds of students worldwide.
Qualitas Consulting and Training is backed by Altanmiya Holding Company and the Educational Group Holding, the largest educational institution in Kuwait and the Middle East. QCT provides turnkey solutions in human and organisational development. Quality Management Systems, Specialised Training, Business, Languages and IT are few of QCT's wide range of offerings. QCT also runs training courses for the public, throughout the Technology Domain Institute (TDI) training centres set up in four strategic locations across Kuwait.
The International Knowledge Management Institute provides the same services in Kuwait as in its other locations around the world, including Certification for Knowledge Management Specialists, Knowledge Management Technologists and KM Managers as well as briefings for Executives and others who need to understand the fundamentals of KM. The certification programme offered in the IKMI May classes in Kuwait will be full course for Certification in Knowledge Management (May 19-24, 2007). However, it is not required to attend the entire CKM course; the first 2 days of the Knowledge Management Course are open to those who want to just begin their KM Education process: KM Essentials (May 19th - 20th). The KM essentials (CKM Theme I) course is also available through eLearning.
© Kuwait Times 2007
