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Darwin's theory of Natural Selection implies relationships evolve to govern operations when many alternative forms of conduct are possible. Violation of the relationships leads to anarchy. Knowledge Workers have long relied upon interac-tions with peers in the context of documents to function as a team and progress their work. It stands to reason that a science governs the work of teams and the conduct of their interactions. The primary tenets of the science are as follows:
Unlike conventional IT, the science does not distinguish between the various unstructured collaborative processes like evaluation of facts, strategy formulation, innovative problem solving, making choices, etc. Prototype operations establish its thesis that all unstructured collaboration on a Document is synthesized by known set of repeatable actions. Norms, derived from the evolution of teamwork, guide anticipation of the next action. The actions integrate with a Document taxonomy and a flexible organization structure to organize systematic collaboration in context among communities spread across departments. The way of working fulfils the need expressed by Davenport: "… knowledge management has to be "baked into" the job. It's got to be part of the fabric of the work to import knowledge when it's needed and export it to the rest of the organization when it's created or acquired."
Collaboration is offered in context before execution of an interaction. The interface architected by the science replaces email and overcomes all its problems. Its precise logic uses replication technology for x-server and offline connectivity and improves upon email's strength of offline working for superior reflection.
The goal of the science is to provide the intelligence for creating a marvelous work experience, assure systematic capture of knowledge and provide a simple way for business communication to satisfy key business requirements like security, flexibility, privacy, reflection, consensus, etc.