Enabling a global community of knowledge

Abstract

A short personal view on the development of the Internet phenomenon is given. It is argued that the Internet is a powerful paradigm of change and community building. Changes which enable the learning organization are of particular interest. This is investigated in the context of corporate training using, or learning from, the Internet. Next, capabilities and rigidities of the net as a knowledge management tool rather than yet another way to distribute unwanted information, are listed. Finally, the important lessons learnt from the success of the Internet are linked to the future of marketing the Internet world wide.

Citation

Speh, M. (1996), "Enabling a global community of knowledge", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 48 No. 9, pp. 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051426