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As we approach the beginning of the 21 st century, we are beginning to see the emer­ gence of knowledge management as a natural evolution of the focus and importance of quality in the 1980s and reengineering in the I 990s. Quality placed a huge em­ phasis on getting all employees to use their brainpower better. Reengineering em­ phasized the use of technology to streamline business processes and take out costs. With the lessons of quality and reengineering firmly embedded in our everyday op­ erations (continual cost containment and higher quality is a way of life), businesses are now turning their attention to growth. Growth is a common pursuit. Customers are calling for it. Financial markets are calling for it. Employees are asking for it because they want an exciting and stimu­ lating environment in which to work. If a business doesn't grow, it will eventually die because knowledge workers ofthe 21 st century won't want to work with or for a business that's not growing. Skilled workers have plenty of options to choose from as demand for knowledge workers escalates around the world.

I. Introduction.- 1. Introduction.- II. The Flow of Knowledge.- 2. The Lessons Learned Cycle.- 3. Knowledge Pump: Supporting the Flow and Use of Knowledge.- III. Knowledge Cartography.- 4. Negotiating the Construction of Organisational Memories.- 5. A Technology for Supporting Knowledge Work: The RepTool.- IV. Communities of Knowledge Workers.- 6. An Environment for Cooperative Knowledge Processing.- 7. Ariadne: Supporting Coordination Through a Flexible Use of Knowledge Processes.- V. Knowledge Repositories and Libraries.- 8. From Natural Language Documents to Sharable Product Knowledge: A Knowledge Engineering Approach.- 9. Corporate Memories for Knowledge Management in Industrial Practice: Prospects and Challenges.- References.- Contributors.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.