Knowledge management and engineering practices: the case of knowledge management, problem solving and engineering practices

摘要

Recent debates on knowledge management, competence strategy and the like have made knowledge a pivotal concept in studies of management of technology. It is rather trivial to argue that engineers need to know in order to function as engineers. But how does knowledge work in engineering practices? The Knowledge Project was an attempt to get closer to the everyday life of engineers and to find ways of making engineer's search for knowledge more efficient. The major results from The Knowledge Project are described in this article.