Towards an Autopoietic Perspective on Knowledge Management

Kay, RJ; Cecez-Kecmanov, D

Towards an Autopoietic Perspective on Knowledge Management

Kay, RJ Cecez-Kecmanov, D

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Publisher:: School of Information Systems, Victoria University
Publication Type:: Conference
Citation:: Kay, R. and Cecez-Kecmanov, D. 2002 'Towards an Autopoietic Perspective on Knowledge Management', 13th Australian Conference on Information Systems, School of Information Systems, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, pp. xx-NA.
Issue Date:: 2002

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Kay, RJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cecez-Kecmanov, D	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Wenn, A ; McGrath, M; Burstein, F	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-11-09T02:45:33Z
dc.date.available	2009-11-09T02:45:33Z
dc.date.issued	2002	en_US
dc.identifier	2004003475	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kay, R. and Cecez-Kecmanov, D. 2002 'Towards an Autopoietic Perspective on Knowledge Management', 13th Australian Conference on Information Systems, School of Information Systems, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia, pp. xx-NA.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1 86272 615 9	en_US
dc.identifier.other	E1	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/1858
dc.description.abstract	The field of Knowledge Management promises considerable benefits to organisations attempting to manage their intellectual resources, but what is the basis for this claim? In this paper it will be argued that unless the field of Knowledge Management (KM) first addresses the fundamentals of that which it claims to manage, it runs the risk of being discarded as just another failed management fad that promised much but delivered little. It will be argued that autopoietic theory, as developed by Maturana and Varela (1980), offers a useful epistemological basis from which KM may develop as a discipline.	en_US
dc.publisher	School of Information Systems, Victoria University	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Enabling Organisations and Society through Information Systems	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	13th Australian Conference on Information Systems	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2002/89/	en_US
dc.title	Towards an Autopoietic Perspective on Knowledge Management	en_US
dc.type	Conference
utslib.location	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.citation.startpage	xx	en_US
utslib.citation.endpage	NA	en_US
utslib.identifier.org	Information Technology	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Melbourne, Australia	en_US
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access

Abstract:

The field of Knowledge Management promises considerable benefits to organisations attempting to manage their intellectual resources, but what is the basis for this claim? In this paper it will be argued that unless the field of Knowledge Management (KM) first addresses the fundamentals of that which it claims to manage, it runs the risk of being discarded as just another failed management fad that promised much but delivered little. It will be argued that autopoietic theory, as developed by Maturana and Varela (1980), offers a useful epistemological basis from which KM may develop as a discipline.

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