knowledge work

Questions

What does knowledge work mean?

Work that depends on the knowledge and thinking skills of the practitioner, such as medicine, programming, design, architecture, accounting, law, etc.

Where does knowledge work come from?

Coined by Peter Drucker in 1959.

How to pronounce knowledge work

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