knowledge work
Work that depends on the knowledge and thinking skills of the practitioner, such as…Work that depends on the knowledge and thinking skills of the practitioner, such as medicine, programming, design, architecture, accounting, law, etc.
» Mary has good knowledge of working instructions and technical regulations.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Work that depends on the knowledge and thinking skills of the practitioner, such as medicine, programming, design, architecture, accounting, law, etc.
Examples
1 sentencesMary has good knowledge of working instructions and technical regulations.
Origin
Coined by Peter Drucker in 1959.Coined by Peter Drucker in 1959.
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Word family
1 related wordsRelatedknowledge worker
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable