个人知识管理的概念最早是由Paul Dorsey教授提出的,原文为” Personal Knowledge Management should be viewed as a set a problem-solving skills that have both a logical or conceptual as well as physical or hands-on component. ”,中文意思就是: 个人知识管理应该被看作既有逻辑概念层面又有实际操作层面的一套解决问题的技巧与方法。所以个人知识管理主要讲的是一种方法论。