Implementing KM solutions in a public research institution:: The CNRS case

The "Mission des Ressources et Competences Technologiques" (MRCT), of the "Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique" (CNRS), is a small unit in charge of optimising the technological potential of the institution. One of its main objectives is to provide the CNRS scientific research teams with the best technological conditions that can be hoped for on the basis of the tools, competencies, structures, funds that are available throughout the institution. Redistributing, or even sharing, elements of all natures, whatever the situation, is always a task demanding heavy efforts in the public sector. The MRCT has developed a soft approach to make things evolve as smoothly as possible and take into account the reactivity of the knowledge eco-system it is inviting to transform. Extra carefulness, and realism, has driven the MRCT team to implement its KM approach by impregnation, that is via its competencies networks.