Abstract: According to Uçak (2007:697), ‘it is important to explore the information behaviours of the students who are being educated in the field of information management since the role they are going to play in establishing connections between information sources and users is crucial’. This study focuses on the identification of the information seeking
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Analyzing the Knowledge Management Job Market
Abstract: Nowadays companies have changed the way they do the business and have realized that they must explicitly manage their intellectual resources and capabilities in order to remain competitive. The consequence is a rise in demand for knowledge management professionals. Since knowledge management is an emerging discipline, presently there is no widely accepted competency
Developing Information and Knowledge Professionals in Kuwait
Abstract: The paper presents the case of a developing nationâ ”Kuwait” for analyzing its corporate job market for developing and knowledge professionals. The paper is based on the analysis of a body of research that has cumulated over the last 5-6 years. These studies were focused on the status of information management operations in
Attributes of information service professionals for information and knowledge management
Abstract: A value learned by information service professionals in ‘information studies’ is the belief that the key to empowering people is sharing expertise and information, and collaborating across organisational boundaries and functional units. This belief has become part of the information professional’s ‘culture’, part of our value system – the normal and accepted way
New M.Phil. in Information and Knowledge Management @ Stellenbosch University
Abstract: New, challenging Masters degree in Information and Knowledge Management offered in South Africa The importance and impact of the effective access to and utilization of information content and technologies for the relative competitiveness of individuals, companies, nations and regions in the global information economy and society are generally accepted by