... influenced both by the intensity of the credit relationship and by the level of information exchange with the credit system. Research limitations/implications – Further development of this research, as more empirical data become available, should allow explaining why the level of information exchange...

... refinery models (Meyer and Zack, 1996; Zack, 1999) have similar knowledge processes – named acquisition; refinement; storage/retrieval; distribution; and presentation. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Information Learning Knowledge management The philosophical model is concerned...

...Kevin C. Desouza; Ayan Chattaraj; George Kraft The purpose of the paper is to suggest a novel approach that groups the theories of systems, information and bounded rationality into organizational knowledge management. We base our discussion on knowledge process mapping akin to the supply chain...

... applications under the KM label. While KM technologies may incorporate characteristics of traditional data and information technologies, they also extend these capabilities. Knowledge technologies attempt to push users to think beyond their current boundaries, thus facilitating organizational activity...

...). Pressure is mounting on all types of organizations to learn faster and to manage their knowledge better. It is widely accepted that firms which consciously invest in the creation of new knowledge through research and development activities or through more informal learning processes tend to do better...

... appropriate understanding in addition to being informed. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Public administration Information Management Intellectual property Decision making The viability and success of any society is largely a function of how its resources can be leveraged. They include natural...

... effectively implement KM in their organisation by developing and deploying a KM index. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Information Management Strategy Measurement In the present turbulent and discontinuous economy, knowledge is increasingly becoming the greatest asset of organizations. The basis...

..., and to project future developments in the field. Tools (such as surveys) are created by toolmakers who invest their devices with a certain sphere of knowledge. These tools are then employed to generate information which typically re‐enters the tool maker’s sphere of knowledge to confirm, deny or embellish...

... and Kiesler, 1995). It is widely recognized that organizations often repeat mistakes, duplicate projects, and otherwise waste resources because the members of the organization are unable to see each other’s work. Knowledge management seeks to create common repositories for information and offer search...

... behaviour Information Organization Management In the present postindustrial society, knowledge has become a key resource of the economy (Bell, 1973). Faced with global competition and increasingly dynamic environments, organizations are being advised to assemble people of diverse talents...

... 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. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Systems management Methodology Information...

... better the knowledge creation and flow among the involved players. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Information Management Human capital theory Teachers Training The Proformação is a program launched by the Brazilian Ministry of Education, henceforth named MEC, involving its following three...

... be integrated among strategic decisions to get good organizational fit. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Information Management Organization Resources Spain First we will analyze the main strategic implications from the resource‐based view (RBV) of the firm. This theory explains how and why firms...

... by the decision makers. Hence there is a likelihood that a particular decision has never been previously addressed by a particular group of decision makers. Any expertise relevant to these new or unique decisions is thus likely to be organizational knowledge, knowledge of where to obtain the relevant information...

...John Van Beveren This paper presents a model of knowledge acquisition from definitions of data, information and knowledge. The model asserts that knowledge cannot exist outside of the human brain, and that any expression of the knowledge requires it to be transformed into information...

... biased to the KM perspectives that we have conceptualized. Our paper intends to reveal the continuous process of KM to re‐usable learning objects. The case of organizational memory is treated as a cumulative system of value adding components. The deployment of information and communication technologies...

... Information Learning Organization Corporate culture Managers in many organizations have indicated that in today’s highly competitive environment, knowledge management will be the key to organizational success in this millennium. The field of managing knowledge continues to grow rapidly, with many...

...Christopher Lueg Knowledge is often seen as information with specific properties; information is viewed as a kind of preliminary stage to knowledge. Given this apparent relationship of information and knowledge it is tempting to apply computer‐based information management techniques...