Societal knowledge management in the globalised economy Online publication date: Mon, 08-May-2006
by Karl M. Wiig
International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication (IJAMC), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2006
Abstract: Survival in the globalised economy creates requirements for widely distributed quality knowledge and other intellectual capital assets in every society. International competition, increased demands for sophisticated goods and services, and greater complexity of work drives this development. Societies throughout the world strive to improve their governments, their public services and the quality of life for their citizens. Each nation has urgent needs to improve knowledge and other intellectual capital assets available to government and public operations, to commerce and industry, and to the general public. In some nations, these needs are met with deliberate and systematic societal knowledge management (KM) based on successful KM developments in the private sector. This paper describes selected societal KM purposes, principles, and premises and presents examples of related KM specifics. It also discusses underlying processes such as situation handling and decision making.
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