Knowledge Management Research & Practice

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Stuff or love? How metaphors direct our efforts to manage knowledge in organisations

Daniel G Andriessen

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Table 2. Results of the KNOWLEDGE AS WATER metaphor

Diagnosis Solutions
filled circle Knowledge does not flowfilled circle Build canals
filled circle Separate source of knowledgefilled circle Flush out and freshen knowledge
filled circle Knowledge is not channelledfilled circle Tap knowledge from people leaving
filled circle No dispersion of knowledgefilled circle Create knowledge map
filled circle Hydrocephalus: people keeping knowledge to themselvesfilled circle Managers as knowledge channels
 filled circle Knowledge management
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