In ''Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management,'' Firestone and McElroy, the architects of the New Knowledge Management (TNKM) provide an in-depth analysis of the most important issues in the field of Knowledge Management.<BR><BR><BR>The issues the book addresses are central in the field today:<BR>* The Knowledge Wars, or the issue of "how you define knowledge determines how you manage it"<BR>* The nature of knowledge processing<BR>* Information management or knowledge management?<BR>* Three views on the evolution of knowledge management<BR>* The role of knowledge claim evaluation in knowledge processing, or the difference between opinion, judgements, information, data, and real knowledge in knowledge management systems<BR>* Is culture a barrier in knowledge management?<BR>* The Open Enterprise and accelerated sustainable innovation<BR>* Portals<BR>* How should one e