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Knowledge Economy: The Indian Challenge addresses the challenge of transforming the Indian economy into a knowledge economy. It looks at change management of the economy and highlights issues such as:
Economic trends and critical activities contributing to the desired change; Educational issues for preparing the human resources; Structural issues for developing institutional frameworks; Societal issues for ultimately benefiting the stakeholders
Knowledge Management and Human Development
Knowledge Management and Human Development
…economies are built not merely through the accumulation of physical capital and human skill, but on a foundation of information, learning, and adaptation. Because knowledge matters, understanding how people and societies acquire and use knowledge—and why they sometimes fail to do so—is essential to improving people's lives, especially the lives of the poorest (World Bank 1998).
Introduction
It is useful to interpret knowledge in the context of human development. Although no consensus exists, the knowledge management (KM) literature typically defines knowledge as ‘actionable information’, that is, information that can be used for taking a better decision (Tiwana 2002). Unlike information, which simply gives facts, knowledge allows the recipient to improve his decisions. Although information is easy ...
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