http://informationr.net/ir/8-1/paper144.html
A decent paper focusing on the misuse (and overall meaninglessness) of the phrase "Knowledge Management." This has given me reason for pause in my own use of the phrase and after some consideration I believe it may be best to cease using the phrase altogether.
In the interest of definition
Knowledge is that which is known to an individual as gained by the individuals experience and as colored by the individuals perception. Any attempt to "transfer Knowledge" from one individual to another (as the phrase is used popularly) entails first the transformation of Knowledge into Information via some medium (ie, writing, speaking, etc) and second the consumption of the Information and its interpretation resulting in Knowledge. It is important to note here however that the Knowledge transferred into Information is not and can not be the same Knowledge known to the consumer of the Information. It can be similar, and certainly if the Information is clear and the consumer is up to the task of consumption, it will be, but as it is imputed to the individual it will not be the same in two individuals.
DnL8Tar
A decent paper focusing on the misuse (and overall meaninglessness) of the phrase "Knowledge Management." This has given me reason for pause in my own use of the phrase and after some consideration I believe it may be best to cease using the phrase altogether.
In the interest of definition
Knowledge is that which is known to an individual as gained by the individuals experience and as colored by the individuals perception. Any attempt to "transfer Knowledge" from one individual to another (as the phrase is used popularly) entails first the transformation of Knowledge into Information via some medium (ie, writing, speaking, etc) and second the consumption of the Information and its interpretation resulting in Knowledge. It is important to note here however that the Knowledge transferred into Information is not and can not be the same Knowledge known to the consumer of the Information. It can be similar, and certainly if the Information is clear and the consumer is up to the task of consumption, it will be, but as it is imputed to the individual it will not be the same in two individuals.
DnL8Tar
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