From information processing to knowledge creation: A Paradigm shift in business management

• Published in: Technology in society Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 203 - 218
• Main Authors: Nonaka, Ikujiro, Umemoto, Katsuhiro, Senoo, Dai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Ltd 01.01.1996; New York :Pergamon, 1979

This paper examines how information technology (IT) can help implement the concept of “the knowledge-creating company,” which we propose as the management paradigm for the emerging “knowledge society.” We present our theory of organizational knowledge creation, along with actual examples of IT that...