Understanding the Knowledgeable Organization: Nurturing Knowledge Competence

Description

Understanding the Knowledgeable Organization looks at what it means to be a ‘knowledgeable organization’ by exploring six key areas that significantly affect an organization’s ability to turn knowledge resources into real value and to operate efficiently. Unlike many others, this book combines conceptual understanding with practical application, and shows how the different aspects of the subject relate to one another. The authors use explicit links to other business and management studies subject areas, and present a holistic understanding of the subject area, exploring the wide range of tools and techniques available and showing clearly the interdependencies throughout the subject area.

Features

• Provides a balanced and comprehensive picture of the subject, without over simplifying the key ideas.
• Uses a wide range of illustrations and examples, allowing students to see the relevance of the subject and how it can make a difference in organizations.
• Explicitly highlights the inherent problems in the subject area, and provides a way of understanding them and overcoming them.
• Each chapter follows a consistent pedagogical structure and uses navigation features that explicitly show the interrelations in the subject area.
• Central concepts are brought together in the final chapter showing how the six competencies can be integrated, and are illustrated by an extensive case study.

Review

“This remarkable book brings order to a very complex topic. I found that it brought into focus many things I intuitively knew and the structure made it accessible at many different levels. Uniquely, it is both a practical handbook and an academic treatise.”

Professor Richard Potter Chief Knowledge Officer, QinetiQ

“This is a book which combines both excellent insight with practical application. It is a work suitable for both the reader who seeks intellectual stimulation and the practitioner who strives to bring change to their own organisation”

Philip Ramsell Group Knowledge Manager Abbey National

Call Number: HD 30.2 .M33 2004

Location: Siti Hasmah Digital Library (Cyberjaya Campus)

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