KM is increasingly imperative as it is regarded as the key determinant of a firm, industry or country for survival and growth in knowledge era. Varieties of disciplines have made contributions to knowledge and knowledge management. Research focuses on one or more specific fields, but to understand which levels of knowledge processes knowledge management should concentrate on, should be more fundamental than advocacy of knowledge management. Knowledge‐related matters were examined from the viewpoint of systems science. Using critical systems thinking, soft systems thinking etc., a new systematic perspective on knowledge was proposed, aiming to provide a new way of thinking and a useful toolbox on different levels and phases of knowledge management for practical knowledge users.
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Fei Gao;
Fei Gao
Fei Gao is Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Insitutue of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Meng Li;
Meng Li
Meng Li is a PhD candidate, is at the Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Insitutue of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Yoshiteru Nakamori
Yoshiteru Nakamori
Yoshiteru Nakamori is Professor of Department of Knowledge Systems Science, at Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Insitutue of Science and Technology, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7484
Print ISSN: 1367-3270
© MCB UP Limited
2002
Journal of Knowledge Management (2002) 6 (1): 7–17.
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Gao F, Li M, Nakamori Y (2002), "Systems thinking on knowledge and its management: systems methodology for knowledge management". Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 6 No. 1 pp. 7–17, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270210417646
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