Process by which a person manages knowledge

Personal knowledge management

Personal knowledge management

Personal knowledge management (PKM) is a process of collecting information that a person uses to gather, classify, store, search, retrieve and share <a href="/en/Knowledge" title="Knowledge" class="wl">knowledge</a> in their daily activities (<a href="#CITEREFGrundspenkis2007" target="_blank">Grundspenkis 2007</a>) and the way in which these processes support work activities (<a href="#CITEREFWright2005" target="_blank">Wright 2005</a>). It is a response to the idea that <a href="/en/Knowledge_worker" title="Knowledge worker" class="wl">knowledge workers</a> need to be responsible for their own growth and learning (<a href="#CITEREFSmedley2009" target="_blank">Smedley 2009</a>). It is a bottom-up approach to <a href="/en/Knowledge_management" title="Knowledge management" class="wl">knowledge management</a> (KM) (<a href="#CITEREFPollard2008" target="_blank">Pollard 2008</a>).

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Personal knowledge management is a process of collecting information that a person uses to gather, classify, store, search, retrieve and share knowledge in their daily activities and the way in which these processes support work activities . It is a response to the idea that knowledge workers need to be responsible for their own growth and learning . It is a bottom-up approach to knowledge management  . 