Volume 4, 2016: Issue 1

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Title:

Mapping the future of KM through Earl's KM taxonomy lens

Author(s):

John Girard, Middle Georgia State University, USA
Vincent Ribière, IKI-SEA - Bangkok University, Thailand

Abstract:

This paper chronicles exploratory research about the use of content analysis to guide the future knowledge management research agenda. The responses of 35 international knowledge management experts answering a question about the future of knowledge management were considered. The interviews, which were created as part of a different project, are freely available online. This secondary data was analyzed using a series of content analysis techniques to determine which elements of Michael Earl’s knowledge management taxonomy were most prevalent. A dictionary of terms reflecting Earl’s taxonomy was created. The top three schools that emerged were the engineering, cartographic and systems schools, all of which belong to the high-order category technocratic. A series of qualitative comments are included to expand on the quantitation results and with a view to stimulating future research.

Keywords:

Knowledge management, future, taxonomy, Michael Earl, dictionary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36965/OJAKM.2016.4(1)180-191

Type:

Research paper

Journal:

The Online Journal of Applied Knowledge Management (OJAKM), ISSN: 2325-4688

Publisher:

International Institute for Applied Knowledge Management (IIAKM)

Pages:

180-191