Evolution of complexity/information

This is totally off topic - but good god are people still hawking the nonsense of knowledge management?I thought that snakeoil was on it's last legs!

So what? People spend millions on Snake-oil solutions for all sort of medical problems - does not mean that they work.I have examined 100s of "knowledge management" systems, every single one had been an information management system. The idea of managing the knowledge of individuals is just daft.Even the founding father of knowledge management thinks the idea of managing knowledge is nonsense!(you know the term comes from a mistranslation ?) I don't believe knowledge can be managed. Knowledge Management is a poor term, but we are stuck with it, I suppose. "Knowledge Focus" or "Knowledge Creation" (Nonaka) are better terms, because they describe a mindset, which sees knowledge as activity not an object. A is a human vision, not a technological one.1We can discuss this further if your topic gets approved.1 - Sveiby, Karl Erik (2001a) What is knowledge management? Brisbane: Sveiby Knowledge Associates. Available at: sveiby - Error [Site visited 11th August 2003]

You are playing semantic games with me CharlesNo not at all, I meant entirely what I said. Perhaps you should read my paper before commenting further. You'll find it is actually a criticism of current beliefs in knowledge management (which is why I mentioned that it went down like a lead balloon).I did read your paper and I asked a collegue of mine (One of most cited figures in the information sciences academic community) to have a look. We both came to the same conclusions - overly complex and of very limited practical value to most organizations.I will say, however, that it had a few interesting ideas in it.

I'm am information sciences academic, I have no problem with the concept of
knowledge .I have a problem with knowledge management - because it's not possible. Like I said before it's just information management under a snakeoil front.This message has been edited by Charles Knight, 07-22-2004 08:16 AM

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