The paper highlights the importance of ontological assumptions to the management of knowledge and the devel-
opment of knowledge management systems. It juxtaposes the ontology of “being” based on the work of Heidegger , and the
ontology of “becoming” based on Deleuze and Guattari’ s discussion of rhizomatic activity. The relevance of these ideas
to knowledge management, information systems, and organisational activities in general is illustrated and a tentative
framework based on rhizomatics is developed and discussed.