Extended Cognition and Social Constructionism as Underpinnings for Knowledge Management Practice

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Knowledge Management
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University of Technology Sydney

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Overview: Theories of cognition and meta-theoretical frameworks provide important areas for exploring some of the theoretical underpinnings of knowledge management practice. Two areas of theory are explored as potential fruitful for incorporation to knowledge management theory and practice. Extended cognition, based predominantly on the work of Andy Clark, is presented as relevant to Knowledge Management (KM), and social constructionism is developed as similarly relevant. Connections between extended cognition and social constructionism are developed, with implications for KM identified and briefly explored. Existing KM theory is compared, with particular emphasis on the work of John Nosek's 'Group cognition'.

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Format: HTML | Date: Mar 2006 | Pages: 10

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