The chapters of this book are based on lectures delivered during the International Summer School ,,Introduction to Knowledge Management' held annually from 2008 to 2010 in Trenčín, Slovakia by Vysoká škola manažmentu (School of Management, VŠM) in Trenčín within the framework of Lifelong Learning Programme/Erasmus Intensive Programme of the EU. The texts have been edited to the form of a book, and can be read also as an introductory textbook to the different important subareas of knowledge management. They are basically intended as introductory readings for unviersity students of the discipline, so for beginners in the field of knowledge management, but provide also original own opinions of their authors. ukryj opis