We all use metaphors of knowledge in knowledge management. What are the effects of this use for our knowledge management practice? And, basically, how do metaphors work?

Many believe that public international law is important and crucial in resolving international disputes. It is indeed an essential resource in controlling states and other international actors. The UN has developed advisory standards, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Other international …

Purpose – purpose of this article is to report about the progress of the development of a method that makes sense of knowledge productivity, in order to be able to give direction to knowledge management initiatives. Methodology/approach – the development and testing of the method is based on the paradigm …

Het moderne hbo leidt studenten op tot kenniswerkers door studenten het proces van kenniswerk te laten ervaren. Kennis speelt daarin op een viertal punten een belangrijke rol. In de eerste plaats dienen studenten te beschikken over conceptuele en theoretische kennis die in hun beroepspraktijk relevant …

The sources of productivity have always been the main subject of economic debate because they are the main determinants of profitability and competitiveness. In order to improve productivity we should be able to identify the sources of productivity. This article presents a method for measuring the sources …

Het hoger onderwijs moet studenten opleiden tot kenniswerkers. Het blijkt echter lastig studenten zo op te leiden dat ze de voldoende vaardigheden hebben kennis snel toe te passen en nieuwe kennis te genereren. Een mogelijke aanpak is De praktijk als leeromgeving: studenten leren als junior kenniswerkers …

This paper presents the results of an exercise to assess the effects of metaphors on knowledge management. Knowledge is an abstract phenomenon with no direct referent in the real world. To think and talk about knowledge we use conceptual metaphors. The exercise shows that these metaphors greatly influence …

Kernprobleem in de kenniscirculatie tussen het HBO en het MKB is het identificeren van de behoefte aan kennis bij het MKB. In het project Unikum, mogelijk gemaakt door de Digitale Universiteit, worden studententeams ingezet om bij individuele MKB-bedrijven de behoefte aan kennis te analyseren en de bedrijven …

The purpose of the paper is to start a dialogue about differences between Western and Eastern cultures in the way they conceptualize knowledge and discuss the implications of these differences for a global intellectual capital (IC) theory and practice. A systematic metaphor analysis of the concept of …

The impact communities of practice (CoPs) make can be understood in several different ways, depending on which theoretical perspective is used. For example, CoPs have been studied from a learning-theory perspective, from organizational development theory, and from a small-group theory. To understand …