Wednesday, October 14, 2009

knowledge society

Broadly speaking, the term Knowledge society refers to any society where knowledge is the primary production resource instead of capital and labour. It may also refer to the use a certain society gives to information. A Knowledge society "creates, shares and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well-being of its people".
www.wikipedia.org.

‘Knowledge societies have the characteristic that knowledge forms major component of any human activity. Economic, social, cultural, and all other human activities become dependent on a huge volume of knowledge and information. A knowledge society is one in which knowledge becomes major creative force.
www.dictionary.babylon.com.

Knowledge society working definition is the ability to create, disseminate and apply knowledge which determines the performance of a community.
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/figel/speeches/docs/06_02_08_Harvard_Uni_en.pdf

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