Knowledge Dimension in Smart Development

• Published in: European conference on knowledge management pp. 369 - XX
• Main Authors: Jucevicius, Robertas, Juceviciene, Palmira
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Kidmore End Academic Conferences International Limited 01.09.2018
• Subjects: Cloud computing; Communications systems; Decisions; Dictionaries; Education; Electronic government; Entrepreneurs; Innovations; Intelligence; International conferences; Knowledge management; Knowledge representation; Language; Management methods; Researchers; Smart cities; Smart grid technology; Social sciences
• ISSN: 2048-8963; 2048-8971

Until recently, smartness and smart development were mainly subjects in popular usage rather than genuine academic concepts in their own right. The conceptualization endeavours are further hindered by the two-facet approach to smartness/smart development - technological and social. The former is mostly related to IT application and the latter to the decisions made by people. The conceptualization of the social approach to smartness constitutes probably the biggest challenge to the researchers in the field. Even if knowledge management theory is taken as a basic theory, the question of the role of knowledge in "smartness" and smart development is still unclear. It seems to be particularly challenging when dealing with complicated and especially with complex social systems. They may vary from small specific communities to the state, region, economy, education, etc. The aim of the paper is to discuss the role of knowledge in achieving the qualities of a smart social system. The paper is based on the results obtained from the extended research project "Smart development of social systems". The state, region, city, community, economy, public governance and culture have been taken as the research object. In our working definition, a smart social system is such a system of communications wherein people and other social agents are able to envisage the features critical for the environment or the particular system, to which they quickly and innovatively react by adjusting to these environments with adequate decisions assuring its further development. Eight dimensions of a smart social system and key principles of smart development of different social systems are considered and will be discussed in the paper. Discussing the research results with the researchers representing different fields of knowledge will contribute to better understanding of the phenomenon. The ideas presented in the article might be of interest to researchers from the field of innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, education, strategy and others.