The world through manager’s goals: a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information

Fernando M. Ilharco

The world through manager’s goals: a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information

Fernando M. Ilharco^*

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The notion, concept, word of information is at the centre of much knowledge management research and practice. This paper offers a fresh approach to this central notion by questioning the often taken for granted linear relationship from data-to-information-to-knowledge. Relying on Heidegger s work Being and Time, as ontological base of the investigation, the paper presents a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information, tracing back their origins and evolution, as a way into the phenomena themselves. It is argued that it is not meaning what distinguishes data from information but rather an ongoing course of action in which one always and already is involved. This analysis, hopefully, opens up a sound alternative route for research the phenomenon of knowledge.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	WM 2003
Subtitle of host publication	Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement
Editors	Ulrich Reimer, Andreas Abecker, Steffen Staab, Gerd Stumme
Place of Publication	Bonn
Publisher	Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
Pages	416-417
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	3885793571
Publication status	Published - 2003
Event	Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement, WM 2003 - Professional Knowledge Management - Experiences and Visions. Contributions to the 2nd Conference on Professional Knowledge Management, WM 2003 - Luzern, Switzerland Duration: 2 Apr 2003 → 4 Apr 2003

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Name	Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
Volume	P-28
ISSN (Print)	1617-5468

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Conference	Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement, WM 2003 - Professional Knowledge Management - Experiences and Visions. Contributions to the 2nd Conference on Professional Knowledge Management, WM 2003
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Luzern
Period	2/04/03 → 4/04/03

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Ilharco, F. M. (2003). The world through manager’s goals: a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information. In U. Reimer, A. Abecker, S. Staab, & G. Stumme (Eds.), WM 2003: Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement (pp. 416-417). (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); Vol. P-28). Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI). http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/38483

Ilharco, Fernando M. / The world through manager’s goals : a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information. WM 2003: Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement. editor / Ulrich Reimer ; Andreas Abecker ; Steffen Staab ; Gerd Stumme. Bonn : Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), 2003. pp. 416-417 (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)).

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Ilharco, FM 2003, The world through manager’s goals: a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information. in U Reimer, A Abecker, S Staab & G Stumme (eds), WM 2003: Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement. Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), vol. P-28, Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), Bonn, pp. 416-417, Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement, WM 2003 - Professional Knowledge Management - Experiences and Visions. Contributions to the 2nd Conference on Professional Knowledge Management, WM 2003, Luzern, Switzerland, 2/04/03. <http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/38483>

The world through manager’s goals: a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information. / Ilharco, Fernando M.
WM 2003: Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement. ed. / Ulrich Reimer; Andreas Abecker; Steffen Staab; Gerd Stumme. Bonn: Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI), 2003. p. 416-417 (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI); Vol. P-28).

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Ilharco FM. The world through manager’s goals: a phenomenological account of the etymologies of data and information. In Reimer U, Abecker A, Staab S, Stumme G, editors, WM 2003: Professionelles Wissensmanagement - Erfahrungenund Visionen, Beitrage der 2. Konferenz Professionelles Wissensmanagement. Bonn: Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI). 2003. p. 416-417. (Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)).

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