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The review deals with two provocative articles (by Tom Wilson and F. J. Miller respectively) about the challenges of knowledge management. Knowledge management can be regarded on the one hand as a mania or a fashion, a notion that many people mix up and use synonymously with information management; on the other hand, it gives the impression that information processes can be managed effectively. Sceptical voices do not doubt that knowledge management experts can contribute efficiently to the management of enterprises, but they think the question should not be oversimplified. It would be more important to create the right conditions and mechanisms to support the acquirement and effective use of knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper summarizes the activities of the Web Archiving Department of the National Széchényi Library in 2021 in four main fields: archive expansion and enrichment, technological development, knowledge dissemination and cooperation. The author describes the growth of the collection in terms of quantity, topic and genre; briefly presents the archiving and displaying software tested in the past year; lists the various forms of knowledge transfer related to preserving online content; and gives a progress report on the state of cooperation with domestic and foreign institutions and organisations, including the contract signed with the Internet Archive at the end of the year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors' paper focuses on knowledge management and maturity models by introducing two research conducted by the Strategic Management Research Group at University of Pannonia. The first research, attempted to model the key features of organizational level of knowledge management, and to form a continuous maturity model for mapping knowledge management practice, while the second examined middle managers as in this case the representatives of knowledge management's individual level and their maturity of knowledge sharing. Furthermore this paper also highlights the significance of knowledge management research results on the organizational and individual level. Finally the future research directions are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper classifies and examines the ideal typical forms of knowledge transfer, based on Max Weber's notion of ideal type. It distinguishes knowledge transfer based on approach and on method, and compares them with the help of basic variables to investigate the kinds of problems they address, the direction they take, the results they produce, the type and form of information they provide, and the sources and outcome that arise. Furthermore, it demonstrates the dual direction of the model: the desirable states of variables can also be defined from the aspect of outcome. The paper emphasizes the role of forming a question, and introduces area-specific methods in the competence-based analysis of knowledge transfer aimed to trigger change in the behavior. The paper argues that given the diversity of behavior related competences, the approach, method and grounding that address them should also be manifold. It also highlights the role of paradigms and common language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper describes the characteristic participants of knowledge-based societies: knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS). These are organizations which provide knowledge-based services to other organizations, thus they belong to the so called knowledge intensive business sector. Their most important features, their place among other sectors, the role they play in the economy are also presented. The paper focuses on knowledge communication, particularly on knowledge generation, knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer. Based on broad range of international literature, trends in future development are also outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]