Spiritual Knowledge Management
This book introduces an interdisciplinary framework that integrates spiritual values into knowledge management (KM). Moving beyond efficiency-driven models, it explores how principles such as wisdom, compassion, trust, and ethical awareness enrich knowledge creation, sharing, and application. Drawing on management science, philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, and theology, the text offers conceptual foundations and actionable models for organizations and communities. By addressing an underexplored dimension of KM, it contributes to organizational resilience, ethical leadership, and sustainable development. Designed for academics, practitioners, and policymakers, the book positions Spiritual Knowledge Management as a timely approach for fostering meaningful innovation and human-centered strategies in an era of rapid technological and societal change.
Constantin Bratianu is Emeritus Professor at the UNESCO Department of Business Administration, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania, and former President of the International Association for Knowledge Management. He developed the Theory of Knowledge Fields and Knowledge Dynamics, grounded in cognitive sciences and thermodynamics.
Alexander Kaiser is Professor of Knowledge Management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. He leads the Knowledge Management Group and is Founder and Director of the Research Center for Spiritual Knowledge Management in Vienna.
Markus Peschl is Professor of Cognitive Science, Innovation, and Philosophy of Science at the University of Vienna, Austria. He heads the OCKO Research Group—Organizing Cognition in Knowing Organizations—focusing on knowledge creation and innovation.