Information Ecology(1st Edition) Mastering the Information and Knowledge Environment by Thomas H. Davenport, LaurancePrusak Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 1997 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-511168-2, ISBN: 0-19-511168-0
"This book is the story of how four busy executives, from different backgrounds and different perspectives, were surprised to find themselves converging on the idea of narrative as an extraordinarily valuable lens for understanding and managing organizations in the twenty-first century. The idea that narrative and storytelling could be so powerful a tool in the world of organizations was initially counter-intuitive. But in their own word ..."
"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. Describes the importance of knowledge to today's organizations.Offers insight into how knowledge can be ..."
"Over the past decade, knowledge and learning have emerged as the keys to economic success and as a focus for thinking about organizational effectiveness and innovation. An overwhelming majority of large organizations now engage in a wide range of knowledge and learning activities and nearly all have programs and personnel explicitly dedicated to these tasks. The volume is targeted at those new to knowledge and learning, and is filled w ..."
"The mid-1990s saw the rise of an important movement: a recognition that organizational knowledge, in its various forms and attributes, could be an important source of competitive advantage in the marketplace. Knowledge management has become one of the core competencies in today's competitive environment, where so much value in companies resides in their people, systems, and processes. Creating Value with Knowledge: Insights from the I ..."
"The secrets of successful idea practitioners change management. Reengineering. Knowledge management. Major new management ideas are thrown at today's companies with increasing frequency - and each comes with evangelizing gurus and eager-to-assist implementation consultants. Only a handful of these ideas will be a good fit for your organization. Choose the right idea at the right time and your company can become more efficient, more effe ..."
In Good Company(1st Edition) How Social Capital Makes Organizations Work by Don Cohen, LaurencePrusak Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2001 by Harvard Business Review Press ISBN-13: 978-0-87584-913-3, ISBN: 0-87584-913-X
"Knowledge has always resided in organizations - but it wasn't until the Information Age put a premium on ideas that intellectual capital was recognized as a critical resource. Now, forces like technology, globalization, and the rise of free agency and virtual workplaces are bringing another form of 'hidden' capital to the forefront. "In Good Company" is the first book to examine the role that social capital - a company's 'stock' of huma ..."
"When new-car developers at Ford Motor Company wanted to learn why the original Taurus design team was so successful, no-one could tell them. No-one remembered or had recorded what made that effort so special; the knowledge gained in the Taurus project was lost forever. Indeed, the most valuable asset in any company is probably also its most elusive and difficult to manage: knowledge. Authors Thomas H Davenport and Laurence Prusak assert ..."
"The definitive primer on knowledge management, this book will establish the enduring vocabulary and concepts and serve as the hands-on resource of choice for fast companies that recognize knowledge as the only sustainable source of competitive advantage. Drawing on their work with more than 30 knowledge-rich firms, the authors-experienced consultants with a track record of success-examine how all types of companies can effectively under ..."
"Over the past decade, knowledge and learning have emerged as the keys to economic success and as a focus for thinking about organizational effectiveness and innovation. An overwhelming majority of large organizations now engage in a wide range of knowledge and learning activities and nearly all have programs and personnel explicitly dedicated to these tasks. The volume is targeted at those new to knowledge and learning, and is filled w ..."
"This book is the story of how four busy executives, from different backgrounds and different perspectives, were surprised to find themselves converging on the idea of narrative as an extraordinarily valuable lens for understanding and managing organizations in the twenty-first century. The idea that narrative and storytelling could be so powerful a tool in the world of organizations was initially counter-intuitive. But in their own word ..."
"Your guide to making better decisionsDespite the dizzying amount of data at our disposal todayand an increasing reliance on analytics to make the majority of our decisionsmany of our most critical choices still come down to human judgment. This fact is fundamental to organizations whose leaders must often make crucial decisions: to do this they need the best available insights.In Judgment Calls, authors Tom Davenport and Brook Manvill ..."
"Project management emphasizes control, processes, and tools—but, according to The Smart Mission, that is not the right way to run a project. Human skills and expertise, not technical tools, are what make projects successful."
"3 E.g. Building Trust in Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life, by Robert C.
Solomon, Fernando Flores, 2001, Oxford University Press. Built on Trust: Gaining
Competitive Advantage in Any Organization, by Arthur R. Ciancutti, Thomas L.,
Steding, Arky, M.D. Ciancutti, Contemporary Books, 2000. Congress and the
Decline of Public Trust by Joseph Cooper (Editor) 1999, Westview Press. Cornell
University Press, 1990. 5 Jerome Bruner ..."
"Knowledge as Strategy: Reflections on Skandia International and Shorko Films'
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