Tremblay, Jones & Mahon, and Rule & Besen

TREMBLAY, G. The Information Society: From Fordism to Gatesism: The 1995 Southam Lecture. Canadian Journal of Communication, North America, 20, Apr. 1995

"The information society model claims that the new information hegemony is transforming industrial society. But is it not the case that the major change has to do with the increasingly greater integration of information and communication into the functioning of the economy and society, in the submission of information and communication to the operative rules of industrial society, in sum, in the commodification of information, culture, and communication? Rather than a "post-industrial society," the period of transition which we are experiencing consists more modestly in the shift from one industrial mode of organization to another mode of industrial organization, that is, from Fordism to Gatesism."

That is the abstract from the paper. I really have no better way of explaining it. There is a lot to take in but I really liked at how it examined what this 'information society' we are apparently living in is. I also like the terms he coined 'Fordism' and 'Gateism'. Very interesting read although don't start it unless you have some time to spend on it. It is not something you are going to just sit down and run through will quick. Worth the time if you have it though.

Jones, N.B. & Mahon, J.F.  Nimble knowledge transfer in high velocity/turbulent environments Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 16, No. 5. (2012), pp. 774-788

This article looks at the differences between explicit and tacit knowledge and the relationship the exists between the two in specific organizational environments. It uses the military as an example and examines the practices they use in terms of how knowledge is utilized. Using them as an example they then look at how some of those methods could be implemented in  large organizations. Ultimately they conclude that tacit knowledge is the more valuable of the two in regards to decision making. 

The Once and Future Information Society
Author(s): James B. Rule and Yasemin Besen. Theory and Society, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Aug., 2008), pp. 317-342Published

To summarize this article looks at the term 'information society' as it has become to be known today.  The author brings in social sciences and social scientist and also examine the history behind the term and how it became to be this prominent idea and concept that it is today. Very interesting article. I have heard this term used a thousand times before and have even used it myself. It was nice to finally fully understand what all it actually implies and how the term came into existence in the first place.