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Knowledge Management: Origins, History, and Development

In: Advances in Knowledge Management

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  • John C. Spender

    (ESADE
    Lund University)

Abstract

Plenty has been written about the history of Knowledge Management (KM), but it has been difficult to know whether there has been much progress over the period discussed. For most authors the challenges begin with trying to define knowledge, and not much has changed here. This chapter takes a different tack, focusing instead on the firm the KM project is supposed to be supporting. If the model or ‘theory’ of the firm in mind is purely mechanical then KM is about collecting and sharing data – an IT project. KM’s deeper promise was always to reach beyond IT towards helping manage those other forms of knowing managers rate essential to economic value creation. The chapter explores the knowledge implications of some available theories of the firm and how KM approaches might support them.

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  • John C. Spender, 2015. "Knowledge Management: Origins, History, and Development," Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning, in: Ettore Bolisani & Meliha Handzic (ed.), Advances in Knowledge Management, edition 127, pages 3-23, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:kmochp:978-3-319-09501-1_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09501-1_1
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    1. Bratianu Constantin & Prelipcean Gabriela & Bejinaru Ruxandra, 2020. "Exploring the latent variables which support SMEs to become learning organizations," Management & Marketing, Sciendo, vol. 15(2), pages 154-171, June.
    2. Lai-Yin Cheah, Sarah & Ho, Yuen-Ping & Li, Shiyu, 2021. "Search strategy, innovation and financial performance of firms in process industries," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    3. Constantin Bratianu & Dan Florin Stanescu & Rares Mocanu, 2021. "Exploring the Knowledge Management Impact on Business Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-16, February.

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