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People who view Knowledge Management from outside the field often make the mistake of viewing KM as much more homogeneous a field than it in fact is. They tend to think that \u201cKM\u201d means something very specific, and that what it means is the understanding of it they may have gained by reading one or two articles introducing them to it, or by talking to personal contacts they consider well-informed. But one of the first things anyone who \u201cgoes into KM\u201d and begins to review its literature learns, is that beyond having something to do with relatively non-directive managerial activities aimed at indirectly improving the quality of decision making through manipulating knowledge, the meaning of the KM meme can vary wildly across a very broad spectrum of ideas.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n A recent <\/font>survey of definitions of KM by Ray Sims<\/a><\/u><\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n initially reported 43 on in his blog. Aided by comments from others, his list soon grew to 62. Sims\u2019s research provides a picture of the many and differing meanings of the KM meme, while explicitly rejecting the idea of arriving at a single synthetic definition. Stephen Bounds performed an evaluation of Sims\u2019s survey when the list had grown to 53 definitions. <\/font> <\/a><\/u><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n