Building a Knowledge-Driven Organization

Building a Knowledge-Driven Organization
Author: Robert H. Buckman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2004-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071455000

This is the first book to focus on the people side of knowledge management--what it takes to get employees to contribute to a knowledge system. Robert Buckman explains how to orchestrate this culture change, drawing from the lessons learned by Buckman Laboratories--the leader and pioneer in knowledge management--in implementing award-winning knowledge systems. His book is a practical primer on how organizations can move from "hoarding" knowledge to "sharing" it, building a global strategy that allows them to respond faster than the competition to any customer's need on a global basis. Buckman reveals how to: Combat the biggest problem with implementing knowledge management--creating the culture that supports it Increase the speed of innovation globally across an organization Resolve technical problems quickly Make immediate, informed decisions to help solve customer issues Create new products based on customer input and demand

Creating Knowledge Based Organizations

Creating Knowledge Based Organizations
Author: Jatinder N. D. Gupta
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781591401629

Creating Knowledge Based Organizations brings together high quality concepts and techniques closely related to organizational learning, knowledge workers, intellectual capital, and knowledge management. It includes the methodologies, systems and approaches that are needed to create and manage knowledge based organizations.

Knowledge Driven Service Innovation and Management: IT Strategies for Business Alignment and Value Creation

Knowledge Driven Service Innovation and Management: IT Strategies for Business Alignment and Value Creation
Author: Chew, Eng K.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 620
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466625139

"This book provides a comprehensive collection of research and analysis on the principles of service, knowledge and organizational capabilities, clarifying IT strategy procedures and management practices and how they are used to shape a firm's knowledge resources"--Provided by publisher.

Project-based Organization In The Knowledge-based Society

Project-based Organization In The Knowledge-based Society
Author: Mitsuru Kodama
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2007-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1908979496

With the development of information technology in recent years, there is a growing need to merge different technologies and services, to develop products, services and business models that span different industries. Corporations must have processes through which they can access share, and integrate diverse knowledge. In this book, the author proposes a dynamic yet practical method for project leaders to integrate diverse knowledge distributed on projects network to develop new products, services and business models. Case studies on companies such as Vodafone, SHARP, Mitsubishi Electric, Canon, Sony, Matsushita Electric are considered. The book can be used by high-tech organizations from the standpoint of project management or team management for innovation./a

Handbook of Research on Organizational Culture Strategies for Effective Knowledge Management and Performance

Handbook of Research on Organizational Culture Strategies for Effective Knowledge Management and Performance
Author: Dana Tessier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2021
Genre: Corporate culture
ISBN: 9781799874225

"This book explores and defines the relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management, identifying strategies and best practices to aid practitioners in implementing successful knowledge management strategies, especially during times of crisis like major digital transformations brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic"--

Dynamic Models for Knowledge-Driven Organizations

Dynamic Models for Knowledge-Driven Organizations
Author: Jennex, Murray E.
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 443
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466624868

Since knowledge systems and knowledge management programs are put in place to monitor workers in the performance of their jobs; knowledge is, therefore, an essential component in the achievement of goals and production of economic benefit of an organization. Dynamic Models for Knowledge-Driven Organizations presents a widespread collection of research on the understanding of the managerial, technical and human issues associated with the use of knowledge in organizations while bearing in mind the design, development, and maintenance of useful knowledge management systems. This reference is essential for the tools and information needed to effectively implement knowledge management systems and would benefit researchers and practitioners alike.

Knowledge in Organisations

Knowledge in Organisations
Author: Laurence Prusak
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136390103

First Published in 1997. The second in the readers' series, Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge In Organisations gives an overview of how knowledge is valued and used in organisations. It gives readers excellent grounding in how best to understand the highest valued asset they have in their organisations.

Knowledge Organizations

Knowledge Organizations
Author: Jay Liebowitz
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-09-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000162176

For knowledge management to be successful, the corporate culture needs to be adapted to encourage the creation, sharing, and distribution of knowledge within the organization. Knowledge Organizations: What Every Manager Should Know provides insight into how organizations can best accomplish this goal. Liebowitz and Beckman provide the information companies need for evaluating and planning the steps and processes that will transform their existing organization infrastructure into a "knowledge-based" organization. This easy-to-read guide includes many vignettes, examples, and short cases of organizations involved in knowledge management.

Knowledge Management and Organisational Design

Knowledge Management and Organisational Design
Author: Paul S Myers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2009-11-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113638989X

The first in the readers' series called Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge Management and Organizational Design is a unique compilation of articles and book excerpts that describe how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer, innovation and learning. The collection draws on fifty years of management thinking and presents key issues facing knowledge-intensive organizations. The selections are concise, clearly written and present a rich framework of examples drawn from real management experience. Arranged thematically, the chapters discuss decision-making, organization structure, innovation, strategic alliances, managing knowledge workers and power relations. Represented in this volume are the ideas of influential academics including the late economist Frederick Hayek and French sociologist Michael Crozier, as well as world-renowned management thinkers such as Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Charles Handy.

The Complete Guide to Knowledge Management

The Complete Guide to Knowledge Management
Author: Edna Pasher
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2011-01-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118001400

A straightforward guide to leveraging your company's intellectual capital by creating a knowledge management culture The Complete Guide to Knowledge Management offers managers the tools they need to create an organizational culture that improves knowledge sharing, reuse, learning, collaboration, and innovation to ensure mesurable growth. Written by internationally recognized knowledge management pioneers, it addresses all those topics in knowledge management that a manager needs to ensure organizational success. Provides plenty of real-life examples and case studies Includes interviews with prominent managers who have successfully implemented knowledge management structures within their organizations Offers chapters composed of short theoretical explanations and practical methods that you can utilize, based primarily on hands-on author experience Taking an intellectual journey into knowledge management, beginning with an understanding of the concept of intellectual capital and how to establish an appropriate culture, this book looks at the human aspects of managing knowledge workers, promoting interactions for knowledge creation and sharing.