What is knowledge?

It is really difficult to define knowledge. There are lots of views in the literature. But in general knowledge can be said as an organised set of information, ideas and rules. Information is disorganised. In a sense, according to Marakas (1999) information becomes knowledge when it is given a meaning made by mind (Ganesh, 2000). This is ultimately understanding of disorganised information and the relationships or principles in between. This involves experience and skills. So knowledge is organised. The disparity between the knowledge and the information is depending on the users’ perspective (Ganesh, 2000). Knowledge is context dependent, since understanding is interpreted in reference to a particular paradigm.