Pragmatist Perspective on Knowledge and Knowledge Management in Organizations

Knowledge Management in Organizations

THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE Knowledge is widely recognized as a primary commodity in the current knowledge-based economy. Today, the main asset of production is intellectual capital as opposed to the tangible assets that previously drove manufacturing-based markets (Kemp et al., 2001). In analogy, knowledge is as critical to the information age as oil was to the industrial age. Organizatio...

Effective Knowledge Management in Knowledge-intensive Organizations

This paper outlines an approach to determine the effectiveness of knowledge management (KM) in knowledge intensive organizations. ‘Effectiveness’ implies embedding KM processes in an organizational context. We introduce the Knowledge Governance Framework that includes knowledge resources, knowledge development, three types of KM, and organizational objectives. We applied the framework in two ca...

Pragmatist and Non-pragmatist Knowledge Practices in American Law

Designing of Knowledge Management Maturity Model in Healthcare organizations

Introduction: Knowledge Management maturity (KMM) determines the capacity and stages of the organizationchr('39')s growth in processes and the readiness and identify of the necessary element for the successful implementation of Knowledge Management strategies, goals and plans. This study was conducted with the aim of designing a model for assessing KMM in healthcare organizations. Methods: This...

Knowledge Flows Automation and Designing a Knowledge Management Framework for Educational Organizations

  One of an important factor in the success of organizations is the efficiency of knowledge flow. The knowledge flow is a comprehensive concept and in recent studies of organizational analysis broadly considered in the areas of strategic management, organizational analysis and economics. In this paper, we consider knowledge flows from an Information Technology (IT) viewpoint. We usually have tw...