Acuity acquires South African rights to Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (make) survey

Acuity Competitive Knowledge Management (CKM) has acquired the rights to conduct the internationally recognised Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise (MAKE) in South Africa. MAKE is conducted internationally by Teleos in association with the KNOW network, a network of knowledge management professionals. Catherine Stadler, a director of Acuity CKM says that MAKE is respected globally as a study which recognises companies for their world-class knowledge management efforts.

"Although South African companies are only now beginning to regard knowledge management as a serious part of their business strategy we believe that there is immense value in running this survey locally. By using the MAKE methodology companies will be able to ascertain their level of knowledge readiness through an analytical process," she says. "We are also currently conducting a survey into the adoption of knowledge management by South Africa companies," she adds.

Internationally the competition is judged by a panel of nearly 300 chief knowledge officers and leading knowledge management practitioners. Companies that are ranked are ranked according to eight key knowledge performance dimensions. These include success in establishing an enterprise knowledge culture, top management support for managing knowledge, the ability to develop and deliver knowledge based goods and services, and success in maximising the value of the enterprises intellectual capital.

Other factors include effectiveness in creating an environment of knowledge sharing, success in establishing a culture of continuous learning, effectiveness of managing customer knowledge to increase loyalty and value and finally ability to manage knowledge to generate shareholder value. Visit their Web site at : http://www.knowledgebusiness.com.