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The Knowing-Doing Gap (Full Review) |
Jeffrey Pfeffer Robert Sutton |
Some companies are extremely facile in their use of knowledge. Other companies, even when copying knowledge from successfule
companies cannot achieve the same level of success. The Knowlng-Doing Gap is a well written investigation into the reasons for this phenomena. The book using examples from the author's investigations
identifies five impediments to using knowlege in an organization: talk, memory, fear, measurement, and competition. For the knowledge management practitioner this is a must read because it gives excellent
insights into why knowledge management works in some organizations but does not work in others. |
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The Fifth Discipline |
Peter M. Senge |
A must read for anyone embarking upon or in the midst of a knowledge management effort. This book sets the groundwork for
the type of organization that would support knowledge management as a matter of its basic needs. Understanding the nature of learning organizations when one's own organization is not one gives the necessary
insights into creating the elements of an environment to support knowledge management. |
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Intellectual Capital The New Wealth of Organizations |
Thomas A. Stewart |
Intellectual Capital is a seminal work on Knowledge Management. If you read nothing else, this is the one book about
knowledge management that should be read. Mr. Stewart, with marvelous articulation creates a pragmatic model for knowledge that can be understood in the context of business. Mr. Stewart steers away from
trying to define knowledge in order to come up with how to manage it. Rather, he identifies different kinds of business capital which are key to business success. |
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Working Knowledge How Organizations Manage What They Know |
Thomas H. Davenport Laurence Prusak |
The authors present an alternative of knowledge management. They begin by defining what knowledge is and how it manifests
itself in an organization. Examples are given of companies that have active programs in knowledge management. |
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The New Organizational Wealth Managing and Measuring Knowledge-Based Assets |
Karl Erik Sveiby |
Mr. Sveiby is a name that is frequently heard in reference to knowledge management. Knowledge-based assets are hard to
characterize and hard to value. If they could be easily valued, then it would be much easier to correlate the value of the knowledge in an organization to the success of the organization. In this book,
Sveiby focuses on the issue of valuing knowledge-based assets by identifying specific characteristics and how they might be assessed. |
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Knowledge in Organizations |
Laurence Prusak |
This book consists of a series of papers dealing with knowledge management from the standpoint of the organization. Papers
include: "Knowledge As Strategy," "Informal Networks, the Company Behind the Chart," "A New Organizational Structure." |
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Knowledge Management and Organizational Design |
Paul S. Myers |
Another set of edited papers about knowledge management and the organization. Papers include, "Knowledge Management and
Organizational Design," "The Organization of Innovation," and "The Social System at the Shop Level." |
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Value-Based Knowledge Management |
Rene Tissen Daniel Andriessen Frank Lekanne Deprez |
This is a complete package of tools for value-based knowledge management produced by the European branch of KPMG. The text
that accompanies this package is essentially a book form of presentations that describes knowledge management and associated processes. In addition, the contents of the book are supplied on a CD-ROM
accompanying the book. A second CD-ROM contains simulation software to assist with value-based knowledge management. Knowledge management discussion tools are also included with this package. |
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Managing Knowledge A Practical Web-Based Approach |
Wayne Applehans Alden Globe Greg Laugero |
Managing Knowledge A Practical Web-Based Approach is a concisely written and practical treatment of knowledge management.
Thre authors give practical models and practical advice about the subject with specific attention to the discipline of staying away from acadmic debates of knowledge and knowledge management. This book is a
short read and is recommended for anyone wanting to do or doing a knowledge management project. |
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