Framework for Growing Businesses in Nigeria through Knowledge Management

Abstract

During the course of transactions, organizations generate large amount of data. They also spend a lot of resources trying to transform these data into information and consequent knowledge. Storing and applying knowledge empowers organizations to succeed in the competitive environment. Data stored in various databases of the organization must go through the processes of  extraction, transformation and loading into the data warehouse. Data in the data warehouse can be processed to observe trends and behaviors that can help build business intelligence. This paper is a framework that describes the techniques and tools for building and using knowledge warehouses that will enable organizations in Nigeria to management and apply repository of knowledge that will insure organization’s growth and survival.

Keywords: Data warehouse, Data Marts, Knowledge management, Database, Operational data, Query, On-Line Analytical Processing, Data mining, Reporting.