| Title: | In Search of Meaning: Complexities and Implications of Basic Definitions in Knowledge Management |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812701527_0028 |
| Source: | KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: NURTURING CULTURE, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (pp 323-337)
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| Author(s): | ADEKUNLE OKUNOYE
Williams College of Business, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
ABIODUN BADA
Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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| Abstract: | Knowledge management (KM) as a discipline and a research area is quite broad. The complexity of what knowledge means in addition to the growing interest in KM has led to different approaches to managing knowledge. It has also led to different streams of research areas and thus multiple definitions. This paper discusses the concepts of knowledge from the perspective of various disciplines and various views are synthesized. The paper presents the position of contemporary organizations regarding knowledge and discuses how knowledge is being conceptualized in information systems and organizations and management disciplines. This clear conceptualization of knowledge could determine the focus of KM in organization and assist in the categorization of the nature of KM research. |
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