The book one wants must combine the mathematical and human elements of this equation. The authors of this book have attempted to achieve this balance. If you, the reader, get your monthly paycheck from coordinating knowledge, then I imagine you will meet many concepts in this book that aren’t just unfamiliar, but are from a more abstract realm than the one you normally inhabit. Enjoy that experience and, if the maths feels a bit dry sometimes, then remember that it is this sort of maths that makes formal knowledge coordination possible. The book aims at providing an encompassing view of knowledge coordination. We hope that it can be read with equal interest and regarded as useful by information technologists as well as management professionals. |
