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This 8-page paper focuses on whether the concept of knowledge management is fact or fad. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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There are, however, some serious problems with the concept of knowledge management, one of which is actually defining what it is. Knowledge, in and of itself, is difficult to pinpoint,
putting it into an organizational context makes it even more difficult to define. Nor does the literature on this topic clarify the concept of knowledge management: Though there are success
stories out there of how well this concept "works," much of this success is based more on a learning organization, or rather, an organization in which information is free-flowing, rather
than any kind of obtuse attempt to put KM at the center. Furthermore, the success of knowledge management as an actual tool has been difficult to quantify in a real-world
basis. Based on this, we can say that, while knowledge management, in theory, appears to be a positive idea, its difficult to prove its abilities in the real business world.
Introduction Ever since Frederick Taylor introduced the concept of scientific management into the workforce as an attempt to increase productivity (and even
before Taylorism became all the rage during the early part of the 20th century), the business world has striven for that extra competitive advantage, as well as the tools to
help employees become more productive and efficient in their working activities. In recent decades, human resources studies have moved from the school of measurements into the school of behavioral concepts.
Along those lines (at least in theory) organizations have focused less on units and numerical goals, and more on intangibles to get ahead. Andrew Carnegie, one of the businessmen of
the Gilded Age, noted that "the only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people" (Why knowledge management, 2007). Modern management guru Peter Drucker, in
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