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The Emerging Knowledge Management Paradigm: Some Organizational And Technical Issues, Jens G. Pohl
The Emerging Knowledge Management Paradigm: Some Organizational And Technical Issues, Jens G. Pohl
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This paper addresses the expectations, organizational implications, and information processing requirements, of the emerging knowledge management paradigm. A brief discussion of the enablement of the individual through the wide-spread availability of computer and communication facilities, is followed by a description of the structural evolution of organizations, and the architecture of a computer-based knowledge management system. The author discusses two trends that are driven by the treatment of information and knowledge as a commodity: increased concern for the management and exploitation of knowledge within organizations; and, the creation of an organizational environment that facilitates the acquisition, sharing and application of knowledge. …