Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning for Development
Workshop Background Paper, organised by the Institute of Development Studies in collaboration with the KM4Dev Community on July10-12 2006 in Brighton, UK
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The huge wealth of definitions and theories relating to knowledge management and organisational learning can be overwhelming. As these terms have been increasingly used in the development context, questions are being raised about their meaning and implication. What’s the difference between the various terms and approaches? Where did they come from? What do they all add up to? Where are they going? Specifically, what does it all mean in the field of international development?
There are no simple answers to the above questions, but in these few pages we try to draw out some useful frameworks for thinking about these issues, and offer some suggestions for advancing our own thinking and practice.
Author(s): Kath Pasteur, Jethro Pettit and Boudy van Schagen