1.1 Introduction
"Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think" - Ayn Rand
Over time, the community has trekked in diverse phases. "First it
was an agricultural society where agriculture was the dominant force for
development. This was followed by the industrial phase as there was a sudden
increased growth in industrialization. Then the revolution in information
technology made society force forward and was called as
information phase. The present society is known as knowledge society, for it is
driven by knowledge management practices.