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Berger and thomas luckmann examine how knowledge forms and how it is preserved and altered within a society. Inside, there were a number of pages repeating what the examiner had just told us. Learn the knowledge of london transport for london. Raw information may be widely available to a number of agencies, but only some organisations will be able to convert the information into relevant knowledge and to use this knowledge to achieve their aims.
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