Title
Authentic Knowledge Management: The Integration Of An Organisation'S Environment And The Autopoietic Characteristics Of Knowledge Agents
Abstract
Knowledge management is a relatively new academic discipline. Currently, the major studies are in the areas of knowledge transformation and taxonomy. Although many researchers stress that knowledge activists play an essential role in activating the knowledge process, the study of individual behaviour in organisations is neglected. In this paper, we conceptualise the Knowledge Agent Theory (KAT) as a living system and explain its autopoietic characteristics. An empirical study of the organisations that supply stochastic demand products shows that their open work environment and free-thinking atmosphere enable knowledge agents to widen their self-referential and self-observing capacities, which encourages them to activate the knowledge process.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1504/IJKL.2009.024543
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING
Keywords
Field
DocType
autopoietic living system, knowledge agent theory, KAT, self-referential, self-observing
Work environment,Personal knowledge management,Computer science,Discipline,Knowledge management,Autopoiesis,Knowledge transformation,Management science,Empirical research
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
5
1
1741-1009
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Chee Kooi Chan101.01
Yan Yu Chan200.68
W. H. Ip334229.08