Research Trends in Knowledge Management: Past, Present and Future

Abstract

The concept, Knowledge Management (KM) visualizes the accessibility of the knowledge created by an organization by those who need it. It deals with both the Explicit (i.e. Documented) and Implicit (i.e. engrained in human minds as skills, thoughts, ethics etc) types of knowledge. KM though finds its usability and applicability in all types of organizations, but as witnessed from the literature, it is mostly found operational in business organizations. An overview of the literature available on Knowledge Management (KM) and Knowledge Management System (KMS) clearly shows certain research and development trends, the study of which is the primary focus of the present paper, that precisely appertains to the conceptual development of KM, KMS, KM Models, KM Tools, and KMS in Profit making and Non-profit making organizations.