Title:
Knowledge Management Pillars – Interplay Between Knowledge,
Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Creation
Abstract: Knowledge is widely considered as business imperative
that should be instigated as competitive edge. Likewise, knowledge
management is broadly contemplated as a key business agenda. However, concepts
about knowledge are still contentious and practices on knowledge management
are fragmented making knowledge difficult to harness. In this respect,
this paper aims to reconsider knowledge management by integrating the extant
scope of knowledge management literature and related disciplines such as
organizational learning. Our paper proposes that three interrelated
elements – knowledge forms (taxonomy), knowledge workers, and knowledge manipulation
activities (creation) can serve as the initial thrust to assess KM.
In addition, a conceptual framework is proposed to link up the three requisites
that instigate the dynamism in knowledge management. Given the propositions
and expandable arenas of the conceptual work, it is expected that our future
results can promote a sensible discourse and constructive rethinking on knowledge
management for both practitioners and researchers.
Author: Ivy Chan