TY - JOUR AB - Purpose–The paper aims to provide a roadmap for organizations to implement a knowledge management system that reduces loss of critical information and improves data retrieval.Design/methodology/approach–The focus is on how to devise and implement a knowledge management system where information is sorted by definition, business requirements, and implementation.Findings–The paper provides information for defining information sources and simplifying data retrieval. It recognizes the need to collect and retain corporate information through cooperation of knowledge workers. Centralized storage and retrieval of information is critical to knowledge management.Originality/value–This paper provides insight and help in eliminating loss of corporate knowledge when skilled workers leave or retire. VL - 12 IS - 3 SN - 1367-3270 DO - 10.1108/13673270810875930 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270810875930 AU - Ray Loye (Lynn) PY - 2008 Y1 - 2008/01/01 TI - Requirement for knowledge management: business driving information technology T2 - Journal of Knowledge Management PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 156 EP - 168 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -