Title: Knowledge management in a polarised environment

Authors: Nikos A. Antivachis, Vasilis A. Angelis

Addresses: College of Business Administration, American College of Greece – Deree College, Xenias 6-8, Athens 11528, Greece. ' Department of Business Administration, University of the Aegean, Michalon 8, Chios 82100, Greece

Abstract: The nature of the environment – static or dynamic – corresponds to a given type of knowledge, its creation, storage, processing and use. This paper addresses the way knowledge evolves and its corresponding management on the basis of a polarised environment of operation. Thus the paper examines: a) what knowledge is and its relationship with data, information, wisdom and truth; b) knowledge|s relationship with a stable and dynamic environment correspondingly; c) knowledge management as a representation of highly structured and unstructured situations and their corresponding attributes; d) the resulting technology as well as the human-centric practices and their consequent repercussions.

Keywords: knowledge management; dynamic environments; stable environments; information management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJASS.2010.038352

International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies, 2010 Vol.3 No.4, pp.423 - 435

Published online: 31 Jan 2011 *

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