You Can Never Have Too Much Knowledge

Whereas information used to be considered almost an end in itself, and organizations and even entire nations dedicated themselves to becoming "information societies" many people now complain that there's too much information, and experts are touting "knowledge societies" and...

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Published in:Information Outlook 2009-12, Vol.13 (8), p.11-13
Main Author: Prusak, Larry
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alignment
Consultancy services
Information management
Knowledge management
Learning
Nations
Organizations
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Summary:Whereas information used to be considered almost an end in itself, and organizations and even entire nations dedicated themselves to becoming "information societies" many people now complain that there's too much information, and experts are touting "knowledge societies" and urging businesses to identify and retain "knowledge workers." Information Outlook posed these questions to Larry Prusak, a former SLA member who consults on knowledge and learning within organizations, His responses are especially timely given the findings of SLA's Alignment Project. [...] information is one of the inputs of knowledge, but it's just one.
ISSN:1091-0808
1938-3819