Managing the Knowledge Society Construction

Abstract

Our current society is characterized by the strategic importance of the knowledge. Managing the knowledge within an institution is a strategic activity for company survival, independently of the kind of business or activity area in which it may be involved. This special issue presents four different proposals of knowledge management with clear strategic foundations. One it is oriented to analyze the impact of demographic change in Information Technology departments in order to help improving the company knowledge strategy. Other is more oriented to manage the produced knowledge in the educational innovation processes. The third proposal is linked to the management of the knowledge that is created informally in the communities of practice. Finally the last proposal fits into a learning area with two different orientations an organizational learning strategy and a personal knowledge management of both teacher and student roles.