Utilising Knowledge Resources: An Activity Perspective of Knowledge Management

The corporate world has embraced knowledge management as a contribution to business practice and as a strategic issue. Yet there is little consensus on what knowledge management is. This paper draws on a number of case studies that address knowledge management from the perspective of a community of practice. It presents a generalised framework that is grounded in a theoretical understanding of knowledge work.

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