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The Politcal Economy of Knowledge Management in Higher Education

The Politcal Economy of Knowledge Management in Higher Education

Amy Scott Metcalfe
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 13
ISBN13: 9781599049335|ISBN10: 1599049333|EISBN13: 9781599049342
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch190
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Metcalfe, Amy Scott. "The Politcal Economy of Knowledge Management in Higher Education." Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 2301-2313. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch190

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Metcalfe, A. S. (2008). The Politcal Economy of Knowledge Management in Higher Education. In M. Jennex (Ed.), Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2301-2313). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch190

Chicago

Metcalfe, Amy Scott. "The Politcal Economy of Knowledge Management in Higher Education." In Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, 2301-2313. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch190

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Abstract

In this chapter, I discuss the economic and political implications of knowledge management in higher education. First, I examine the linkages between KM and capitalism, with the help of theoretical frameworks that connect increasing managerialism in higher education with the promises of profit-making in the New (Knowledge) Economy. Next, I discuss the politics of information and the ways in which knowledge is stratified in postsecondary institutions. Third, the social dynamics of information and communications technologies (ICT) are explored in the context of higher education institutions. These perspectives provide a counter-balance to the decidedly functionalist views of much of the knowledge managementliterature. The intent of the chapter is to provide a foundation for the rest of the volume and the more specific studies of KM in higher education to follow.

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