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Knowledge active forgetting: the forgotten side of knowledge management
, Article PICMET 2009 - 2009 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, OR, 2 August 2009 through 6 August ; 2009 , Pages 1007-1018 ; 1890843202 (ISBN); 9781890843205 (ISBN) ; Bagherzadeh Niri, M ; Rahimi, M ; Yarmand, H ; Sharif University of Technology
2009
Abstract
As Gregory Bateson, the British social scientists, once said "You can't live without an eraser", the process of learning is not a unidirectional way toward accumulation of knowledge, rather, organizations should critically evaluate the value of their knowledge and if necessary, actively forget no-longer-useful knowledge. A brief review of related literature shows that the concept of knowledge active forgetting (KAF) is a crucial aspect of organizational learning and knowledge management. However, many aspects of this topic deserve more attention by researchers. The main gap in the literature seems to be related to the linkage between peculiar aspects of knowledge (such as stickiness, context...