KM Dissertation

[Williams Nwagwu]

Dear Leo,

I jhave not been able to download your thesis, and I
need to see what you have done.

Dr Willie

--- "Leonard J. Ponzi" <lponzi at MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:
> My bibliometric dissertation on KM titled, "The
> Evolution & Intellectual
> Development of Knowledge Management" is publicly
> available.  You can down
> load a copy from the following link:
>
>
http://www.mindspring.com/~lponzi/Dissertation/PonziKMDissertationFinal.PDF
>
>
> If you have any questions please feel free to
> contact me.
>
> Len Ponzi
>
>
>
> Abstract
>
>
> Knowledge Management (KM), a concept perceived by
> academics and
> practitioners as an emerging field, has little
> empirical lead evidence to
> support claims about its origin, growth, or
> constructs.  The purpose of
> this research was to analyze systematically the 1991
> to 2001 academic and
> industry literature to provide a better
> understanding of KM's evolution and
> intellectual development.  Given the limitation of
> the methodological
> approach in this study, the analysis presents an
> archival view of KM.
>
> The findings of this research illuminate the
> emergence of KM, and in so
> doing, this study unpacked the KM concept by
> employing seven different
> bibliometric techniques and analyses (Discourse Life
> Cycle, Co-Term
> Occurrence, Author Co-citation Analysis,
> Disciplinary Activity & Breadth,
> Author Influence Index, and Disciplinary Influence)
> to explore the main
> conceptual shifts in KM's discourse,
> interdisciplinary nature, and
> intellectual structure.  This methodological
> approach statistically
> analyzed data gathered from the occurrence and
> co-occurrence of key search
> phrases, cited authors, and cited references.
>
> Discourse life cycle and co-term occurrence analyses
> reveal that KM is
> still developing and that it has had three distinct
> evolutionary
> stages.  The period 1991 to 1995 reflect KM's origin
> and formation.  The
> foundation of KM occurred in 1995, when Nonaka and
> Takeuchi's seminal work,
> The Knowledge-Creating Company, was published.  This
> work marked the
> tipping point to the growth stage as well as the
> birth of KM.  Starting in
> 1996 and continuing through 1999 is a growth period,
> in which the KM
> literature reached exponential growth rates.  During
> 2000-2001, the KM
> literature experienced a contraction and rebound.
> Disciplinary Activity
> measures show that KM's rapid growth, contraction,
> and rebound was in large
> part a computer industry driven phenomenon.
>
> The intellectual development analyses support claims
> that KM has emerged
> from the organizational sciences and is
> predominantly a social science
> phenomenon.  The intellectual structure supports the
> four proposed
> constructs of: 1) Creating a Knowledge-based
> Business Strategy; 2)
> Developing a Learning Organization; 3) Managing
> Intellectual Capital; and
> 4) Leveraging Information Technology.  Future study
> of KM's evolution and
> intellectual development is needed.
>
>
> KEYWORDS: Knowledge Management, Bibliometrics,
> Evolution, Discourse,
> Intellectual Structure
>
>


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