Viewpoint

Paul Quintas is Professor of Knowledge Management at the Open University Business School – one of the largest management schools in the world, with some 30,000 students in over 40 countries. He was founding Director of the Management of Knowledge and Innovation Research Unit and, until 2000, Director of Research. He is the originator and currently Course Team Chair for the development of the innovative Open University MBA course Managing Knowledge, believed to be the first such course taught in a business school. Here, he offers his views to Emerald Now Spotlight Editor Sarah Powell about the concept of knowledge...