Measuring Intangible Assets: Assessing the Impact of Knowledge Management in the S&T Fight Against Terrorism

Abstract

At present, there are no standards for assessing the value of intangible assets or intellectual capital. Historically, a number of frameworks have evolved, each with a different focus and a different assessment methodology. In order to assess that knowledge management initiatives contributed to the fight against terrorism in Canada, a results-based framework was selected, customized and applied to CRTI (a networked science and technology program to counter terrorism threats). This chapter describes the step by step process of how the results-based framework was applied to measure the value contributed by knowledge-based assets. A combination of qualitative, quantitative and anecdotal assessment techniques was used and a map was employed to visualize the evaluation results. The strengths and weaknesses of this particular approach are discussed and specific examples from CRTI are presented to illustrate how other organizations can use this method to assess the value-added to innovation and research and development using a results-based framework.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA551243

Entities

People

  • Kimiz Dalkir
  • Susan Mcintyre

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Community Of Practice
  • Governments
  • Information Science
  • Intellectual Property
  • Knowledge Management
  • Lessons Learned
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • Organizational Structure
  • Standards
  • Teamwork
  • Terrorism
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design