If we understand that Information Technology (IT) is used to help and support organisations perform their tasks, perhaps this is feasible to understand in today's society that knowledge too is useful. If IT helps to support and solve problems, in similar context: knowledge also contributes towards this.
Today's world appears to be stimulated by progressial movement in knowledge with the distraction of information - which sets out to draw a line: what do we do with all these knowledge and the knowledge power? In contrast, IT consumptions such as hardware and software can be easily bought without hindering progress because of the bast quantities available. However, with human knowledge how can we distinguish this? All are unique and different...!
Among literature materials, especially Porter; organisations classified as business back then realised the importance of information as a resource. However, in the early 1990's, knowledge as a resource too was revealed but still at its base trend undergoing further investigation - a new area... a new branding. Research already conducted, organisation's have a tendancy to exploit these knowledge workers not for their knowledge but to recoup their "duties to perform". Therefore, can we classify that when we go to work... we are paid to do a duty and not for our skill?... Where does the exploitation lie?... Are these separate entities?..
I wonder if there are any anthropologist's that have found the true correlation between knowledge and organisation performance.....
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