What It Means To Be A Knowledge Worker

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  1. what it means to be a knowledge worker
  2. Knowledge
  3. • Knowledge is information that has been incorporated into someone’s view of the world. Richardson, Beiers, Bruno, Deng, Henschke, “Computing for Business Success” • • Can be Explicit or Tacit.
  4. Societal Progression
  5. • The third (and current) wave of human socio-economic development is the Knowledge Society. • First wave; the Agricultural Society. • Second wave; the Industrial Society. h ttp:/ e n.wikipe dia .org / / wiki/Knowle dg e _worke r
  6. The Knowledge Society
  7. • A society where most people spend most of their working time dealing with data, information or knowledge. • Knowledge is used to provide economic benefit. • Knowledge and education is regarded as an asset – “Human Capital” or “Human Resources”.
  8. The Knowledge Worker
  9. • A term first coined by Peter Drucker (1959). • A person who produces information, ideas or knowledge in the workplace. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker
  10. Involves
  11. • Knowledge Work writing, analyzing, advising. • Knowledge Functions capturing, organizing, and providing access to knowledge. • Knowledge Processes preserving, sharing, integration. • Knowledge Management link generation of knowledge with its use. • Knowledge Organizations transfer outputs (knowledge services), to enable external use. • Knowledge Services support other organizational services. • Social Networks enable knowledge organizations to co-produce knowledge outputs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_worker
  12. Tools
  13. Commonly includes: Computer Information Technology • Computer hardware and software and • productivity tools. Intranets and Extranets. • Telecommunication technology •
  14. Concepts
  15. Availability and sharing of information. • Education. • Broad variety of skills and use of skills. • Communication. • Networking. • Innovation. • Flexibility. • Technological literacy. •
  16. What does it all mean?
  17. • Being a knowledge worker is a diverse and complex concept. • Knowledge is regarded as the most important asset in modern (knowledge) society. • It involves working with data, information or knowledge as opposed to manual labor. • Is highly integrative, requiring a number of skills. • It is the largest occupational type. • It requires continuous learning.

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