Knowledge management tutorial: An editorial overview

We present a tutorial on knowledge management (KM) and a roadmap of this special issue around the knowledge life cycle. Knowledge management is a discipline that provides strategy, process, and technology to share and leverage information and expertise that will increase our level of understanding, to more effectively solve problems, and make decisions. We address three key views: 1) codification: tacit and explicit knowledge types; 2) various knowledge environments; and 3) cognitive aspects, followed by detailed descriptions of features and technology, and how this capability is being leveraged in forward looking organizations.