No knowledge but through information

2010/09/02 by William Jones · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Engineering · #Personal Information Management and User Behavior #Knowledge Management and Technology #Data Quality and Management #Personal information management #Knowledge management #Personal knowledge management #Group information management #Information management #Business #Computer science #Management information systems #Information system #Organizational learning #Engineering

paper · doi:10.5210/fm.v15i9.3062

openalex publication_date 2010/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21

Abstract

This article argues for the following: 1. Information is a thing to be handled and controlled; knowledge is not. 2. Knowledge can be managed only indirectly, through the management of information. 3. Personal knowledge management (PKM) is, therefore, best regarded as a subset of personal information management (PIM) – but a very useful subset addressing important issues that otherwise might be overlooked.

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