ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the unique organizational artifact that people call the knowledge management system (KMS). The chapter focus on the design of this type of system and the various aspects of its architecture in the enterprise. The purpose of this chapter is to enable the reader to gain important insights into how organizations compile and manipulate the knowledge they possess into workable knowledge systems. The chapter provides a road map into the design of the KMS and what makes it an asset for the organization. It also explains how and why these knowledge systems are structured and operate within the contemporary enterprise from the perspective of several design modes and architectures. KMS starts by examining the nature and purpose of these systems and ends with the key aspects and dimensions of their composition in the organization. The KMS with a high probability of success requires a design that involves several design modes and architectures and addresses the combination of factors are discussed.
