Abstract:

When thinking on a more comprehensive development strategy, knowledge is an important construct that must be included.  But the next obvious questions to do are, what kind of knowledge is appropriate to evolutionary development, who should be involved in its creation, and how should it be created, managed and positioned to evolve.  To try to give an answer, first is necessary to define what knowledge is.  Wong and Radcliffe said that Knowledge is a product of human reflection and experience. Dependent on context, knowledge is a resource that is located in an individual or a collective, or embedded in a routine or process. Embodied in language, stories, concepts, rules, and tools, knowledge results in an increased capacity for decision making and action to achieve some purpose. Knowledge acquired by an entity over long periods of time is a valuable asset for the person, society or the organization. When a new member joins an entity (society or organization), much of the knowledge required to carry out his/her duties has to be picked up and learned progressively on the day-to-day relations and work. This leads to put the base for an evolutionary development. The problem here is that after that knowledge has been acquired, History show (Greeks got an amazingly fair Justice system) us that it looks like that there might be a lack of awareness on the importance of preserving the vital knowledge by the individual society and organizations. The point here then is How to manage knowledge?