Purpose

To assess your ability to:

• Explain the attributes of data, information, and knowledge

Action Items

• Reflect on this week's reading assignments and your own experience.
• Conduct additional research to deepen your understanding of the attributes of data, information and knowledge based on the following scenario:

a. Your manager has asked you to represent the department on a newly formed Knowledge Management Task Force.

b. Between monthly meetings, the task force engages in an online collaborative exchange about issues relevant to their tasks within the Knowledge Management Task Force Forum.

c. After the first meeting there was a lot of confusion about data vs. information vs. knowledge. The team members agreed to research these concepts and then share their understanding with the whole team in the forum.

• Write a two-page paper in which you explain your findings about data, information, and knowledge.