Knowledge Management and the Learning Organization

Running head : Knowledge management in socio-technical systems

Effect of knowledge management on organizational learning and organizational knowledge

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge '-John Naisbitt

If you have knowledge , let others light their candles in it '- Margaret Fuller (Source : Lewis , 2007

Knowledge management is a relatively new term in the management of organization that was originated in 1980 's and is used on a large scale since 1990 's (Wilson , 2002 . There is considerable dispute going on regarding the difference between knowledge and information and many

br people believe that the word knowledge is used as a synonym for information both by academicians and in organizations and the term knowledge management is used in place of information management . The present essay is intended to analyze the meaning of term knowledge and how it is different from data or information , the relationship between organizational learning and organizational knowledge and the effect of knowledge management on organizational learning and knowledge

While considering the quote We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge ' it could be understood that knowledge is something different from information . According to Wilson (2002 ) knowledge is a mental process that goes on only in mind and involves learning comprehension , understanding etc . When a person express his knowledge through oral or written messages or even through body gestures , it would become information for others . The knowledge gained by those who are using this information would be different from the knowledge of the source . This is because...