Integrating Doing and Thinking in a Work Context An Australian Knowledge Management Perspective

This paper aims to provide evidence for the proposition that the

Australian Standard creation process parallels a direction of KM research pursued

by Information Systems (IS) academics in Australia. Two theoretical

frameworks, one taskbased and one activitybased, are used in this paper

to amplify the innovative insights of the Australian Standard, providing a more

substantial theoretical base that is grounded in the practice of integrating production

(doing) with the conceptual and cognitive work (thinking) that underpins

that production within a specific work context. We demonstrate that the

Australian Knowledge Management (KM) Standard, developed by a committee

of KM professionals and academics with the input from of a wider community

of knowledge professionals working in diverce Australian organisations,

has resulted in a representation of KM that is organically aligned with these two theoretical frameworks.