New Perspective of Knowledge Management Based on Dual-Dimension Classification of Knowledge

Much research has been published regarding knowledge management (KM) recently. However, there are still confusions about Knowledge management in the academic community and organizations. Distinctions about knowledge are oversimplified; some notions are self-contradictory; the researching paradigm is of duality. We analyze the advantages and disadvantages of current classifications of knowledge and main ideas in KM field, and then address a new dual-dimension knowledge classification method, instead of the pertinent over-simple classification methods, providing a visual method to understand the convertion, utilizing and promotion of knowledge process. Based on this new idea, a different view of knowledge management model, emphasizing the importance of environment, and a new knowledge management system (KMS), are structured. Therefore, the overall knowledge management concept is articulated in a new knowledge management system, with the strategy sub-system, implement sub-system and supply sub-system.