Managing Knowledge; IN THE Last of Our Series of Articles by Leading Academics at Queen's University School of Management, PROFESSOR PAUL JEFFCUTT Looks at Research and Development within Management Knowledge and the Contributions Made by Queen's Research Centre to Various Disciplines

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KNOWLEDGE Management is a relatively new, rapidly developing and complex field of knowledge. It was initially established in the UK around 50 years ago, but has grown exponential over the past decade to become the most popular subject of study for undergraduates, postgraduates and overseas students. Over the same period, there has been a sevenfold growth in UK Management Schools, to over 100, which currently employ around a quarter of all the active social science researchers in the UK.

Yet as Management has rapidly become a very dominant field of knowledge (on a worldwide basis), the value and relevance of its insight has become increasingly controversial. For over the past five years in particular, there have been a series of enquiries in the UK, Europe and the USA, involving managers, professional bodies, academics, …