An information‐space model for the development and application of computer‐based tools in information creation and dissemination

Ashford, John H.

doi:10.1108/eum0000000007202

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“…In an analysis of computer-based tools for information creation and dissemination, Ashford (1997) maps principal modules of "documentation" research topics onto the I-space cube (see Figure 6). Although the area of documentation research is related to knowledge management activity, it is not organized to address the research topics pertinent to knowledge management tools development.…”

Section: I-space Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sense making and artifacts: an exploration into the role of tools in knowledge management

Shariq

1998

Journal of Knowledge Management

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The advancement of human knowledge is the result of evolution of human capabilities for absorbing, developing and processing human intelligence, and perhaps just as equally, on the human capability to develop symbols and artifacts for assisting in the creation, diffusion and sharing of knowledge. These artifacts not only have evolved in their sophistication and ability to help human knowledge enterprise, but also they have become embedded in the knowledge networks and the global knowledge enterprises. The universal knowledge architecture today can be best represented as a set of interconnected networks linking the neural networks of our brain with our organizational, institutional, professional and societal networks, and the networks of knowledge artifacts. Within this context the knowledge enterprise is viewed as a sustaining quest for sense making through the human to human process for scaffolding of knowledge where the knowledge artifacts play quintessential and inseparable roles. The effectiveness of our efforts in developing and implementing the knowledge artifacts or management tools depends to a large extent on our ability to refocus the design context of these tools as artifacts, from an information centric paradigm to one of knowledge within the context of a sense‐making paradigm.

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Section: I-space Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sense making and artifacts: an exploration into the role of tools in knowledge management

Shariq

1998

Journal of Knowledge Management

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“…The recent discussion on participatory media and digital media culture has touched on the topic more frequently (Jenkins et al, 2006;Thomas et al, 2007), but mainly from the point of view of the new media forms and tools. The lack of interest in it in information science is striking, because information creation has been perceived, at least in principle, as a central theme of the field (Ashford, 1997;Huotari et al, 2005;Wikgren, 2005). As Trace (2007) notes, the research has been focused on information seeking, organization and use (the last mentioned being a recent topic of more specific interest) and bypassed the issues related to information creation.…”

Section: Information Creationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The complete information literacy? Unforgetting creation and organization of information

Huvila

2011

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

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Even though the concept of information literacy typically embraces an idea of a complete participation in an information community, its definitions have tended to underline the phases of seeking, searching and evaluation instead of creating information. Shortcomings of information creation can, however, explain many of the difficulties of finding information. This article develops the notion of information literacy with a specific focus on integrating creation and organization of information as central aspects of being information literate and discusses the implications of developing information creation processes from the point of view of information professionals and users. Finally, suggestions are made for how information creation might be improved in practice.

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“…K-space, depicted in Figure 1, is a cube that brings together the three essential dimensions of knowledge, namely, codi®cation, diffusion and abstraction, with associated scales that range from codi®ed to uncodi®ed, from diffused to undiffused and from concrete to abstract. The dimensions of k-space, diffusion, abstraction and codi®cation, are initially taken directly from those of i-space (Ashford 1997). The four knowledge conversions processes of Nonaka (1995), socialization, combination, internalization and eternalization, occupy planes in k-space as will be described below.…”

Section: Knowledge As Space (K-space)mentioning

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Management styles and performance: a knowledge space framework

Hasan¹,

Al-Hawari²

2003

Journal of Knowledge Management

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The selection of an appropriate style for a knowledge management initiative for the company is recognized as a dilemma for most managers who have an interest in the knowledge asset and its applications. Innovation is an important part of organizational performance and a company’s innovative capacity may be dependent upon its ability to take advantage of its knowledge assets. It is therefore critical that there is compatibility between the firm’s knowledge management approach and the style that executive managers adopt for managing their knowledge assets in order to achieve the required optimum performance in their organization. In this paper the role of the knowledge management styles on organizational performance will be examined and understood through a conceptual model based on a k‐space framework.

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An information‐space model for the development and application of computer‐based tools in information creation and dissemination

Cited by 9 publications

References 21 publications

Sense making and artifacts: an exploration into the role of tools in knowledge management

Sense making and artifacts: an exploration into the role of tools in knowledge management

The complete information literacy? Unforgetting creation and organization of information

Management styles and performance: a knowledge space framework

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