This concise introduction to knowledge management and its current place in and implications for contemporary management theory and practice explores what knowledge management is, why it is significant, and where it is going

This concise introduction to knowledge management and its current place in and implications for contemporary management theory and practice explores what knowledge management is, why it is significant, and where it is going.

Purpose – This paper aims to add to the understanding of knowledge sharing in online communities through an investigation of the relationship between individual participant’s motivations and management in open source software (OSS) communities. Drawing on a review of literature concerning...