Open AccessPragmatist Perspective on Knowledge and Knowledge Management in Organizations
Author(s) -
LinhChi Vo
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international business research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1913-9012
pISSN - 1913-9004
DOI - 10.5539/ibr.v5n9p78
Subject(s) - pragmatism , positivism , perspective (graphical) , knowledge management , personal knowledge management , function (biology) , epistemology , value (mathematics) , sociology , knowledge economy , organizational learning , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence , evolutionary biology , machine learning , biology
Three main schools of thought about knowledge and knowledge management are positivism, non-positivism, and pluralistic perspective. Their conflict about what knowledge is and what knowledge management endures without concluding end. This article contributes to the literature by arguing for a different perspective that helps solve this conflict: pragmatism. Knowledge, for pragmatists, is outcome of inquiry, with the chief value being its usefulness. From this perspective, we argue for a reflective knowledge management approach, which requires knowing people and people in charge of the knowledge management function to have an attitude of being that is called knowledge responsibility