E-Knowledge

Contents: Preface. 1. The rise of knowledge management. 2. E-learning to e-knowledge. 3. Development of e-knowledge. 4. ICT and e-knowledge. 5. Knowledge management and new organisation. 6. Management of e-knowledge. 7. Knowledge of software system. 7. Knowledge of software system. 8. Customers e-knowledge. 9. E-Knowledge networks for e-business. 10. Task-oriented organizational; knowledge management. 11. Managing and improving knowledge work. 12. Theory of e-knowledge: industrial business. Bibliography.

The term knowledge is used to mean the confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for a specific purpose if appropriate. Whereas the word e-knowledge refers to the knowledge gained through the use of electronic medium.

For the past decade since the Internet was accepted as the ultimate place to search for knowledge; a whole world of information, quite literally, at the fingertips. Used with due caution, as a supplement to knowledge, this can be true. Knowledge can be supplemented with just a few key strokes, but, as in all research, it still needs to be tested and evaluated.

Every one who has the access to the web can use its vastness to update knowledge and to gather new information about any particular topics of interest. Any one can use Internet in various ways to supplement one’s knowledge. The focus is on understanding the implications of e-knowledge for the various contexts-technical, process, and standards, cultural and political where there is interplay of knowledge management and learning. Moreover, the focus is also on both insight and concrete advice on how to accelerate individual and organizational readiness for e-knowledge.

The comprehensive nature of this book makes it a useful reference for students, teachers, researchers, librarians and professionals.