The article describes the motivations, conceptions, managerial practices, priorities, metrics, indicators and results of knowledge management programs in three companies operating in Brazil. The results suggest that the expression "knowledge management" is at the same time a paradox and a terminological impropriety. The paper also concludes that the main challenges faced by companies are the management of cultural and behavioral changes and the creation of an organizational context which is favorable to the creation, use and sharing of information and knowledge.
Knowledge management; Information management; Knowledge society
