1999
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1999.11518258
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Data Is More than Knowledge: Implications of the Reversed Knowledge Hierarchy for Knowledge Management and Organizational Memory

Abstract: In knowledge management literature it is often pointed out that it is important to distinguish between data, information and knowledge. The generally accepted view sees data as simple facts that become information as data is combined into meaningful structures, which subsequently become knowledge as meaningful information is put into a context and when it can be used to make predictions. This view sees data as a prerequisite for information, and information as a prerequisite for knowledge. In this paper, I wil… Show more

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“…A radically different view has been suggested by Tuomi [54,55], who proposes that data emerges as a result of adding value to information, which is knowledge that has been structured and verbalized (see also [48] on this topic). Consequently, there is no "raw" data.…”
Section: Conceptualizations Of Information In Organizational Unitsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A radically different view has been suggested by Tuomi [54,55], who proposes that data emerges as a result of adding value to information, which is knowledge that has been structured and verbalized (see also [48] on this topic). Consequently, there is no "raw" data.…”
Section: Conceptualizations Of Information In Organizational Unitsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this paper, we analysed the process of Big Data making through crowdsourcing and open data platforms in order to explore what barriers stand in the way of this approach enabling citizens' agency in the aftermath of a crisis. Following Tuomi (1999) we flipped the conventional view of data as the raw building blocks of knowledge, arguing instead that different sources of knowledge constitute the building blocks of data. Through a detailed analysis of two humanitarian cases we showed how Big Data making comprises transformation of information, attending to the hidden normative and power issues of Big Data making.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Explaining the transformation process: From local knowledge to Big Data Data -including Big Data -is not simply found, but constructed by people in specific contexts (Tuomi, 1999). Indeed, the creation of data to be processed by computers starts with a person's knowledge of the phenomenon or situation at hand, drawing on both tacit and explicit sources (Tuomi, 1999: 5).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Ivari, Linger (1999), Tuomi (1999) and Grundstein (2009) -roughly speaking-an information receiver interpreted the information "in his own way". This is due to distinct underlying individual shared knowledge space between information emitter and information receiver.…”
Section: Knowledge Transfermentioning
confidence: 99%