• DOI:10.1108/13673270510610323
• Corpus ID: 5537705

Knowledge management and business intelligence: the importance of integration

@inproceedings{Herschel2005KnowledgeMA,
  title={Knowledge management and business intelligence: the importance of integration},
  author={Richard T. Herschel and Nory E. Jones},
  booktitle={Journal of Knowledge Management},
  year={2005}
}

• R. Herschel, Nory E. Jones
• Published in
  Journal of Knowledge…
  1 August 2005
• Business

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to provide a thorough analysis of the difference between business intelligence (BI) and knowledge management (KM) and to establish a framework for relating one field to the other.Design/methodology/approach – A review of the literature from approximately 1986 through 2004 served as the basis for analysis and comparison of BI and KM. The theoretical scope of the paper is to distinguish between BI and KM to clarify the role of each in a business environment.Findings – BI focuses on explicit knowledge, but KM encompasses both tacit and explicit knowledge. Both concepts promote learning, decision making, and understanding. Yet, KM can influence the very nature of BI itself. Hence, this paper explains the nature of the integration between BI and KM and makes it clear that BI should be viewed as a subset of KM.Originality/value – This paper establishes a clear distinction between two important fields of study, BI and KM, establishing an expanded role for BI. That is, the ro...