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Some researchers propose a wide variety of technological tools that can improve the management of a specific knowledge. However, often those prescriptions are based only on the characteristics and on (promised) potentialities of the technological solutions. This paper is written on the premise that “[s]o as information technology tunnels deeper and deeper into everyday life, it’s time to think not simply in terms of the next quadrillion packets or the next megaflop of processing power, but to look instead to things that lie beyond information”[3]. Our contribution analyses the main characteristics of the knowledge management strategy in the PA. Moreover the paper proposes the social practical perspective as interpretative framework for future researches.
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Bolici, F. (2005). PA’s Boundaries and the Organizational Knowledge Processes. In: Wimmer, M.A., Traunmüller, R., Grönlund, Å., Andersen, K.V. (eds) Electronic Government. EGOV 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3591. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11545156_21
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