Assessment of Knowledge Risk and its Mitigation Led by Rongbin W.B. Lee and Haley W.C. Tsang, Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre (KMIRC) Most Knowledge Management (KM) programs place an emphasis on the importance of capturing, retaining and sharing organizational knowledge among its stakeholders. As the beneficial effect of these processes often cannot be felt immediately, there can be a lack of urgency to implement knowledge management initiatives from the senior management. To combat this issue, another approach is the assessment of knowledge risks and its effect on the daily operation of a company. Knowledge risk refers to the potential threats caused by knowledge when it is not managed properly. For example, leakage of trade secrets to outsiders and loss of critical knowledge because of system security problems or employee turnover may negatively affect the reputation or even the competitiveness of a company. A tool has been developed by the Knowledge Management and Innovation Research Centre (KMIRC) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to assess the knowledge risk factors of companies. This tool works with two connected assessments. This workshop will explain the use and purpose of this tool and also allow participants to participate in an assessment. •Introduction on the knowledge risk assessment tools. •Self-evaluation of knowledge risks by the workshop participants •Briefing on case studies conducted, followed by open discussion on methods to prevent or reduce knowledge risks for business sustainability

1. ECKM 2017 – Pre Conference Workshop at the:
18th European Conference on Knowledge Management
7-8 September 2017, Barcelona, Spain
Wednesday 6th
of September
14:00 – 17:00
“Assessment of Knowledge Risk and its Mitigation”
Presented by - Professor Rongbin W.B. Lee, KMIRC, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Miss Haley W.C. Tsang, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University.
Most Knowledge Management (KM) programs emphasize on the importance of capturing,
retaining and sharing of organizational knowledge among its stakeholders. As the beneficial
effect of these process could not be felt immediately, there is often a lack of priorities and
urgency allocated to knowledge management initiatives from the senior management. To
overcome such lack of incentives to implement KM, another focus is on the assessment of
knowledge risks and its disastrous effect on the daily operation of a company. A tool is
introduced to assess the knowledge risk factors of companies systematically and reliably. In
the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to participate in the assessment of knowledge risk in
his/her organization. Industrial cases on how to mitigate knowledge risks in organizations are also introduced.
Workshop outcomes/learning points
- Understand various types of knowledge risk factors and its assessment.
- A trial on evaluating knowledge risks by the workshop participants
- Briefing on case studies conducted
- Familiar with methods to prevent or reduce knowledge risks for business sustainability
Professor Rongbin W.B. Lee
Professor Lee is the Chair Professor and Director of the Knowledge Management and
Innovation Research Centre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has pioneered
research and practice of knowledge management in various industrial sectors in Hong Kong.
Professor Lee and his team have launched Asia’s first on-line MSc. program in Knowledge
Management, as well as the Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise) Award in Hong Kong and
Mainland China.
Miss Haley W.C. Tsang
Miss Tsang graduated with a double degree – BEng (Hons) in Industrial and Systems Engineering
and BBA (Hons) with a major in Marketing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is
currently conducting a knowledge risk assessment project for companies in Hong Kong and
mainland China.
Workshop Application details:
The workshop will be held at Universitat, Internacional de Catalunya in Barcelona on Wednesday 6th of
September from 14:00 – 17:00 - the day before ECKM 2017.
The cost of attending each workshop is £30 for participants registered for the European Conference on
Knowledge Management and £60 for anyone wishing to participate who is not attending the conference.
To reserve a place on this workshop contact: Elaine Hayne: elaine@academic-conferences.org