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Knowledge Management
Haldane-Spearman Consortium

QinetiQ, Quintec and 19 committed partners.
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In a world where information is everything, how we share that information and convert it into useable knowledge is of vital importance. In a Consortium whose goals are research-based solutions, the transfer of information between groups and individuals must be effective, efficient and continuous.

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The Haldane-Spearman Consortium knows that Human Science research is an investment. It is an investment in the creation of knowledge to understand issues, improve performance and solve problems. Above all else it is an investment in maximising the performance of the Armed Forces most important assets - its people.

Our approach to knowledge management is pragmatic and straightforward and it is all about maximising the benefits that the MOD derives from its investment in research.

In practice this means:

We listen to stakeholders - the end users of research, the people with problems or opportunities, the policy makers, the equipment makers - and we make sure we deliver knowledge and information that is tailored to their needs. Our members have an exceptionally broad range of contacts across the MOD and the Human Sciences community and this gives us insight into current and emerging military issues. This means our work is always focussed on meeting specific needs and not on increasing the sum of knowledge for its own sake.

We talk to each other - across the Consortium we have a Shared Working Environment (SWE) through which we can find the capabilities, people and facilities needed to meet a particular requirement. We engage in a dialogue to ensure we use the best possible team to deliver a piece of work and can rapidly respond to a request for new work.
We share knowledge with each other - research funds should be spent on the creation of new knowledge, not reinventing the wheel. Our Shared Data Environment (SDE) is our repository of relevant information, data and knowledge which is available to our members and our customers. It contains the output from research tasks in an fully searchable format and will grow into an increasingly valuable source of information over time.

We disseminate the results of our work to those who need to know - as well as capturing information and making it available to our customers we make sure that knowledge is passed on to those who need it. This is done through a wide variety of methods, for example reports, executive briefings, presentations and demonstrations, Commanders' Guides and delivery of papers at conferences. With our regular, extensive contacts across the MOD we can ensure the contribution that Human Science can make to operational performance is known widely. As a consortium we attend and speak at all the major conferences, we teach the next generation of Human Sciences practitioners and we develop the next generations of military and civilian products whose effectiveness relies on Human Performance issues.

Our commitment is to delivering a return on research investment - for the MOD and for the wider benefit of the UK economy.
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