The relationship between information and knowledge

Dick Stenmark

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Knowledge Management and Technology Knowledge Management and Sharing Information Architecture and Usability

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. Knowledge has widely been acknowledged as the perhaps most important factor for corporate competitiveness, and we have all witnessed the explosion of IT solutions claiming to provide support for knowledge management (KM). Although organisation theorists and other non-technocrats have pointed out that KM is so much more than merely technology, the interest for KM has continued to thrive within the IT community. What seems to be missing though, is an explanation of exactly how systems and technology intended for information can be able to assist in the managing of knowledge. Without loosing myself in a philosophical discussion, I shall analyse the concepts of information and knowledge and, from an IT perspective, establish a working relationship between these two important entities. The practical organisational implications of my analysis are exemplified with a concluding discussion of the intranet. 1 From philosophy to IT Ever since the ancient Greek period, the quest of philosoph...

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