Hey, the KMAT was developed by the American Productivity & Quality Center and Arthur Andersen in 1995

It is divided into 5 sections:

KM process

Leadership

Culture

Technology

Measurement

Subset of the items and information in the KMAT, with a simplified scoring system.

Directions: Read the statements below and evaluate your organization’s performance. The scale is as follows:

1 =no, 2 =poor, 3 =fair, 4 =good, and 5 =excellent


I. The Knowledge Management Process

P1. Knowledge Gaps are systematically identified and well-defined processes are used to close them.
_ 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5

P2. A sophisticated and ethical intelligence gathering mechanism has been developed.
_ 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5

P3. All members of the organization are involved in looking for ideas in traditional and nontraditional
places.
_ 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5

P4. The organization has formalized the process of transferring best practices, including documentation
and lessons learned.
_ 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5

P5. “Tacit” knowledge (what employees know how to do, but cannot express) is valued and transferred
across the organization.
_ 1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5

The Knowledge Management Assessment Tool (KMAT)