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| Author: | Mingers, J. |
| Title: | Management knowledge and knowledge management: realism and forms of truth |
| Journal: | Knowledge management research & practice
2008 : MAR, VOL. 6:1, p. 62-76 |
| Index terms: | knowledge management information |
| Freeterms: | critical realism critical theory truth |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper deals with the issue of truth and knowledge (hereafter as: knw.) in management generally and particularly in knowledge management (KM). Based on ideas from critical realism and critical theory, it argues against the monovalent conceptualization of knw., aiming instead to develop a characterization recognizing the rich and varied ways in which human beings may be said 'to know'. It also conceptualizes a fundamental dimension of knw. generally ignored or cursorily treated within the literature, that is, 'truth'. Four forms of knw., that is, propositional, experiential, performative and epistemological are identified with exploration of their characteristics. |
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