The Use of Knowledge in Society by Frederick Hayek

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Defining Knowledge Workers Knowledge work according to Raman, (1999), contains activities, which are "information-based, knowledge intensive and knowledge generating" (p. 2). The paper's theme is, "organizations staying ahead of the competition have come to realize knowledge and knowledge workers are their key to success in today's environment where knowledge and information have become commodities" (Raman, 1999, p. 1). This paper's theme traces the historical development of knowledge management and knowledge workers; differentiates between knowledge workers and non-knowledge workers, and illustrate the knowledge workers experience in the author's organization. Knowledge systems contain the potential to increase business value (Bang, Cleemann, & Bramming, 2010). Historical Development of the Concept of Knowledge Workers "In a landmark 1945 essay on "The Use of Knowledge in Society," Frederick Hayek spoke about the time we spend in on-the-job learning, and about the unique "knowledge of people, of local conditions, and of special circumstances" we each accumulate through our work" (Arthur, Defillippi, & Lindsay, 2008, p. 365). The enabling the presence and growth of knowledge workers are the technological developments of information systems to improve ideally the productivity of various tasks. Knowledge is "one of the most important driving forces for business success" (Mansour, Alhawari, Talet & Al-Jarrah, 2011, p. 684). As an IT discipline, knowledge management is experiencing a history and evolution since the early 90's. The composition of the development of knowledge management systems include 1. Document-based knowledge management 2. People-based knowledge management 3. System-based knowledge management Knowledge workers “a... ... middle of paper ... ... ed., pp. 432-437). Detroit: Gale. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3446300152&v=2.1&u=uphoenix&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w&asid=e458347b809773c09e3d13f349107783 Pompiliu, M., & Ioana, C., (2008). Knowledge Management Architecture – Principles and Tendencies, Informatica Economică, 4(48), 65-68, Raman, P. (1999). The rise of knowledge workers. New Straits Times. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/266466241?accountid=458 Reinhardt, W., Schmidt, B., Sloep, P., & Drachsler, H. (2011). Knowledge Worker Roles and Actions-Results of Two Empirical Studies. Knowledge & Process Management, 18(3), 150-174. doi:10.1002/kpm.378 Štorga, M., Mostashari, A., & Stankovic, T., (2013). Visualization of the organization knowledge structure evolution, Journal of Knowledge Management, 17(5), 724-740, dol: 10.1108/JKM-02-2013-0058

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