knowledge management fad

Cercando di capire il recondito significato della disciplina che passa sotto il nome di 'knowledge management', mi sono imbattuto in questo saggio di T.D. Wilson:
http://informationr.net/ir/8-1/paper144.html
che arriva alle seguenti conclusioni:

The inescapable conclusion of this analysis of the 'knowledge management' idea is that it is, in large part, a management fad, promulgated mainly by certain consultancy companies, and the probability is that it will fade away like previous fads
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However, the aim of the university and of those who work for it is to expose ideas to critical analysis and to inculcate in students the same abilities. It is, perhaps, a sad reflection on the way in which the university, world-wide, has changed from the 'temple' to the 'factory' (Beckman, 1989) that so many academics are prepared to jump on the bandwagon - one's only satisfaction is that the bandwagon lacks wheels.