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The prescribed book is: Knowledge management. (2011). An integrated approach by Ashok Jashapara, 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0-273-72685-2.

1. Do you agree with the idealist notion that knowledge can only exist in our heads? If not, what alternative can you provide to our current conception of knowledge?

2. What are the strongest arguments against an empiricist perspective of knowledge?

3. Using Hegel's notion of the dialectic process, which one of the competing perspectives is likely to provide a credible antithesis to the dominant positivist paradigm in management research?

4. From Husserl's perspective, knowledge is linked to a directed mental content called 'intentionality' in our consciousness. What are the merits and drawbacks of this perspective in knowledge management?

5. What are the likely consequences of an almost total lack of regard of issues concerning language in knowledge management research?

6. How could a philosophical understanding of knowledge improve worker performance?

7. Philosophical debates are often excluded and denigrated as being esoteric and inappropriate for management. Can this position be defended in the further quest for knowledge?

8. If knowledge is not purely about what we can say, how can we incorporate other forms of communication such as non-verbal cues into our theory of knowledge?

9. What is the difference between data, information and knowledge in an organisation? How can a manager effectively transform data and information into effective knowledge? How can organisations manage competing and often conflicting interpretations of the same data and information? What are the drawbacks of relying on position power in these circumstances?

10. If the underlying structure of knowledge is past experience, what are the drawbacks of considering intuitions, hunches and insights as part of one's past experience?