Knowledge sciences and JAIST Nanatsudaki Model

Abstract

This chapter is organised as follows. In these introductory remarks, we discuss also the divergence of the contemporary episteme and the need of a reflection on the contemporary situation in knowledge management, technology management, as well as the emergence of knowledge sciences. Then we discuss the issues of emerging knowledge sciences in more detail. We substantiate the need for a prescriptive synthesis of normal knowledge creation processes with diverse organisational knowledge creation processes and introduce the idea of the Nanatsudaki Model. Then we proceed to the more detailed description of the concept of the Nanatsudaki Model, followed by comments on its consecutive parts. We discuss the relation of the Nanatsudaki Model to the survey of knowledge creation support described in the preceding chapter and add conclusions. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.