Knowledge Fusion: A Framework for Extending the Rigor and Relevance of Knowledge Management

Knowledge Fusion: A Framework for Extending the Rigor and Relevance of Knowledge Management

Peter Keen, Margaret Tan
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 17
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-092-9.ch020
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Abstract

The article proposes a simple framework termed ‘knowledge fusion’ to extend the rigor and relevance of knowledge management (KM). It points to some gaps in the current body of knowledge about KM, and provides a parsimonious set of ‘partitions’ that link to and from traditional knowledge management research and practice. It proposes that attention be paid to knowledge mobilization that reflects the demand side that is dominated by knowledge being part of individual identity and hence personal choice of whether, where, why and with whom to share knowledge and expertise as oppose to just understanding the traditional knowledge management that addresses only the supply side of information and the creation of environments for communication and collaboration, especially those “knowledge” largely being independent of the individual.
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Introduction

The aim of this article is to point to some gaps in the current body of knowledge about knowledge management (KM) and in doing so to suggest extensions to its frameworks and to areas of investigation that build on its strengths. We propose a simple framework for what we term knowledge fusion, based on the following line of argument that captures what knowledge management is as a field, rather than what many of its critics feel it should not be as a domain of intellectual study and social action:

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