BITS Pilani-Dubai, Dubai International Academic City, PO Box No. 500 022, Dubai, UAE. E-mail: sckumaresan@hotmail.com.
The paper elaborates on the importance of web-based knowledge sharing (KS) and management opportunities in large organisations and institutions and the concept of electronic learning (e-learning) in developing countries. It looks at some of the key issues of e-learning and knowledge management (KM) with the help of information and communication technologies; the potential benefits and drawbacks of such KS. The paper also discusses some of the areas of implementations in different organisations and educational Institutions.
Knowledge mangement, knowledge sharing, e-learning, implicit knowledge, tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge, KM, KS