This workshop exposes participants to different ways of designing and utilising a taxonomy to enhance their job efficiency, as well as to impart key folder structure design principles for a usable, maintainable and effective taxonomy. Participants can also learn the approach to taxonomy development that takes into account the needs of different stakeholders to ensure maximum adoption and the importance of taxonomy as a living system with the support of an active governance and evaluation process. • Researchers • Business Consultants • Project Officers • Document and Information Managers • Academics, Teachers and Students • Training and Development Consultants • Knowledge Champions • Information and Knowledge Management Professionals In an earlier study, International Data Corporation (IDC) research has stated that worker spent an average of 9.5 hrs every week looking for information in in the workplace. Why do people take such a long time to locate the necessary information? It is probably due to the lack of a structured taxonomy – a scheme for proper classification of information. A good taxonomy scheme reflects real life usage of an information and classification system. Taxonomy also involves the identification of meta-data, i.e. descriptors for stored data/information which is commonly understood by people in the workplace. A well- structured taxonomy can facilitate people to search for the necessary information and minimize the chance of mis-placing information, hence improving job efficiency in the workplace. • Definition of taxonomy and identification of different taxonomy forms • Taxonomy design principles • Taxonomy building process • Design Game : understanding the factors to be considered when developing taxonomies • Taxonomy testing techniques • Taxonomy maintenance and governance model 2:30pm – 5:30pm, 30 June 2014, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University