Concept analysis is an established technique used in the social sciences, such
as philosophy and education, in order to derive a “formula” that in turn can
be used to generate definitions and descriptive phrases for highly complex
terms. We still lack a consensus on knowledge management–related terms, even
though these terms do appear to be complex enough to merit the concept analysis
approach. Much of the reason of this lack of consensus lies in the fact that
a word such as “knowledge” is necessarily subjective, not to mention valueladen
in interpretation.