Knowledge+worker

Knowledge workerEmploees such as data analysts,product developers, planners,programmers, and researchers who are engaged primarily in acquisition,analysis, and manipulation of information as opposed to in production of goods or services. Popularized by the US management guru Peter Drucker (born 1909, in Austria).

 Three Types of Knowledge Workers
I have come to believe that there are essentially three types of knowledge workers. They are




 *  **Knowledge Generators** -- these are your primary sources of new knowledge: the people who know, the experts, practitioners, talkers, explorers... They answer questions, proffer theories, discuss ideas, and find solutions for others.
 *  **Knowledge Consumers** -- these are the people who use the system to find information but have little to offer themselves. They ask questions, they search the repositories, and listen intently.
 *  **Knowledge Brokers** -- these are the people who do not generate significant knowledge themselves, but are well-versed in finding information. The classic example of a knowledge broker is the secretary; a good secretary is a storehouse of knowledge about how to get things done. Brokers are the ones who know where to look.