Posted by Mezei on September 28, 2002 at 13:31:57:

What is knowledge, and what is information, and what is data? That is the question.

There are two perspectives we are always viewing knowledge from. The perspective of the individual, and the perspective of the group.

That's where everything gets confusing. Because its difficult to translate information and data on a personal level. We don't 'think' about data, or information. Our minds basically work on the conscious/subconscious levels.

So here's the answer. On an 'individual' level, knowledge is processed as explicit/tacit. But on a 'group' level, knowledge is processed as information/data.

So information is explicit, and data is tacit.

I knew the answer had to be simple.

This basically solves every problem I've run into thinking about this. So in a sense, IT professionals are knowledge managers, but only on the group level.

Don

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Follow Ups:

• Old perspective on knowledge, info and data Kees de Vos 07:46:02 09/29/02 (5)
  • Re: New perspective on knowledge, info and data Mezei 13:33:04 09/29/02 (4)
    • Re: New perspective on knowledge, info and data Kees de Vos [PRITM] 16:10:35 09/29/02 (3)
      • Re: New perspective on knowledge, info and data - fixed typos Mezei 18:49:47 09/29/02 (1)
        • Re: New perspective on knowledge, info and data - fixed typos Kees de Vos 03:55:52 09/30/02 (0)
      • Re: New perspective on knowledge, info and data Mezei 18:46:36 09/29/02 (0)

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