The dynamics of the modern market, fast development
of science and technology, changes in society require a
new attitude to the management of organizations. New
requirements are set to the employees as well. The
understanding of the necessity to improve constantly, to
raise the professional level becomes a very important trait
of the employee along with the perfect professional
knowledge. The professional must not only have new ideas,
but also it is necessary to know and be able to use the
experience of the organization, that is able to improve the
work quality and productivity. The spreading of the
telecommunication means such as internet allow creating a
homogeneous global information storage system, that
significantly raises the possibility of the information search
and mastering. The penetration of informational and
innovational technologies into all spheres of our lives, the
usage of e-learning created preconditions to establish
management systems.
The recognition of the importance of intellectual
resources in modern world proves the appearance of new
management branches, concentrating attention to one
subject-knowledge. The management of knowledge unites
into one different part of any organization-processes,
people, and technology. Knowledge is that basement on
which the competitive advantages of the company are
being built.
According to B. Gates (2000), "the knowledge
management-is a very clever term to describe a very
simple subject. You manage data, documents and the
attempts of the employees. Your goal is to enrich the
common work possibilities, including the exchange of
thoughts, the usage of successful ideas and the
coordination of actions towards the common goal. The
management of knowledge must guarantee that the
required knowledge will reach certain people at certain
time, so that people can take certain actions."
Informational society, now already knowledge society
tries to learn how to use knowledge in order to achieve
interests and manage the streams of information.
High schools during the period of industrial society
performed the role of preparation centers of the specialists
for the economy. Informational society has changed the
status of higher education schools. Knowledge society
influenced the creation of new type schools -innovation
schools. Nowadays a high school -is a center of science
and innovations development, where nonstop learning, or
life -long learning is taking place. In high schools the
system of professional studies, professional change of
qualification and qualification improvement system, orientated to the requirements of all the users is created: it
can be an orientation to the country, region, business, and
student. A modern high school must solve the tasks of their
region and the country's economy tasks. That is why today
it is necessary to speak about a new role of high schools in
informational society, which requires a new attitude
towards the management of knowledge and the system of
knowledge management in higher educational institutions.
Knowledge management becomes a part of higher
education philosophy. Today this is one of the most
promising and quickly developing tendencies, which raise
the competitiveness of higher education in this specific
market.