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Knowledge facts, knowledge fiction: the role of ICTs in knowledge management for development
Author(s) -
Van Der Velden Maja
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.862
Subject(s) - knowledge management , information and communications technology , personal knowledge management , knowledge economy , knowledge society , knowledge sharing , context (archaeology) , knowledge value chain , business , icts , intellectual capital , organizational learning , computer science , paleontology , biology , world wide web
What happens when corporate knowledge management monoculture meets the diverse international development sector? This paper finds that development agencies have too readily adopted approaches from the Northern corporate sector that are inappropriate to development needs. These approaches treat knowledge as a rootless commodity, and information and communications technology as a key knowledge tool. Alternative approaches are required, that focus on the knower and on the context for creating and sharing knowledge. ICT tools need to support this approach, helping people develop appropriate or alternative scenarios and improving the accessibility of information and knowledge for people with different cultural, social, or educational backgrounds. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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