An Ontology Based System For Knowledge Profile Management A Case Study In The Electric Sector

Knowledge has become one of the most important factors for organizational success. In organizations, the most important knowledge remains in people: their employees and collaborators. Thereafter, for a knowledge management initiative to be successful, it should be focused on people. Hence, there exist an important relationship between knowledge management and human resource management. Getting answers to questions such as: what knowledge a specific job into the organization requires? What knowledge the people in charge of specific activities have? What knowledge a person needs to perform a better job? And so on, could be important for selecting the best candidates to achieve specific roles or positions into an organization. In this chapter, an ontology for knowledge profiles management for getting answers to such kind of questions is presented. The ontology was proved towards its implementation using real data obtained from a case study, which helped us to validate that it is actually useful to get answers to the kind of questions that guided its design.