Social Network Analysis on Personal Knowledge Management
Shahrinaz IsmailProceedings of the 2nd National Graduate Conference
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Abstract
Research on knowledge management (KM) has converged to research in personal knowledge management (PKM) that is characterised by features of the social networks. We postulated an Effective PKM Framework, which consists of the PKM processes of get, understand, share and connect (GUSC), and the cognitive enablers called method, identify, decide and drive. This paper attempts to prove the existence of the GUSC processes within a social network environment, in which the current generation of knowledge workers spends more time. The results include social network diagrams and analysis on the four processes, and significant findings that relate these analyses with the cognitive enablers.
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