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Knowledge management trends in Brazil content analysis in the opinion of Brazilians' specialists

This article regards Knowledge Management (KM) trends in Brazil. Thirty interviews were conducted with specialists and treated with content analysis approach. The analyses of the results detected two distinct approaches. The first approach was considered more consistent with the following subjects: topic dissemination, its ephemeral characteristic, difficulties, and measurement of results. In the second approach, less consistent issues were involved (terminology issue, the development of theory and practice, and trends). As a conclusion, there wasn't a consensus regarding answers about KM tendencies.

Knowledge Management; Information Management; Trends


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