title: A senior manager with a knowledge management portfolio: the Santa Clara County experience.
abstract: The agency director sought to create a systematically coordinated department that utilizes knowledge management strategies to promote evidence-informed practice. In his view, the organization was not providing needed information or organizational supports for practitioners to use knowledge effectively. To address this issue, he created a Director of Development and Operational Planning (DDOP) position with the responsibility to build structures and facilitate processes that support knowledge management. The DDOP oversees research and planning, government relations, legislative development and support, Board of Supervisors communications, staff development and training, community contracts, public information and in-house communication. The DDOP is reorganizing units under her supervision to create a knowledge management matrix that will implement new knowledge sharing strategies related to evaluation, contracts, legislation, organizational development, policy and planning, and staff development. The case study describes challenges and strategies related to: government regulations, size and complexity of the agency, staff resistance, and the developmental nature of the process.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. alindberg@berkeley.edu
authors.forename: Arley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lindberg
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003142:Communication; D005843:Geography; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D058436:Knowledge Management; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012946:Social Welfare; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration