The knowledge management tussle-speech communities and rhetorical strategies in the development of knowledge management

摘要

Knowledge management has become a major trend since the mid-1990s. Different professional communi- ties, among them information systems/information technology (IS/IT) and more business management- oriented actors, have created strong conceptual ties with the idea of managing knowledge. This paper studies the structure and development of the knowledge management discourse over an 18-year period with an emphasis on the role of the IS/IT community in shaping this discourse.