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Managing Organization’s Knowledge Resources

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In this chapter, we will define data, information and knowledge; explain database, data warehousing and data mining; discuss the phenomenon of Big Data; and look at knowledge management and knowledge management systems.

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  1. Southern Cross Business School, Southern Cross University, Brett Street, Tweed Heads, NSW, 2485, Australia

    Jun Xu

  2. Graduate School of Business, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Mohammed Quaddus

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Xu, J., Quaddus, M. (2013). Managing Organization’s Knowledge Resources. In: Managing Information Systems. Atlantis Press, Paris. https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-91216-89-3_5

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