Posted by kah-hin chai on July 04, 1997 at 10:39:40:

In Reply to: Re: Knowledge Management in Manufacturing Organisation posted by Don Mezei on July 02, 1997 at 10:40:19:

We perceived knowledge as the justified
understanding arising from our interpretation of
information , where its validity has been proven.
Thus we can use it repeatedly without recourse to
further discussion.

Taken from a paper, "data is symbols that represent,
describe, or record states of the world; information
is the purposeful interpretation of data; and knowledge
is the retained understanding arising from interpretation"

One could argue that knowledge is "internalized" information.
Thus what is knowledge to A is information to B until B
internalized (understood and internalized in its own way)
that piece of information.

This definition, could be confusing as one start to view
database, email, intranet etc as not part of knowledge
management, which I think are important elements of
knowledge management.

chai

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