The Essentials of Knowledge Management (eBook)

John S. Edwards (Herausgeber)

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2016 | 1st ed. 2015
X, 372 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-55210-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Brings together the top research papers on Knowledge Management, covering both 'soft' and 'hard' approaches to provide a holistic overview of an often under represented topic.

John S. Edwards John Mingers Richard Baskerville and Alina Dulipovici Ikujiro Nonaka and Ryoko Toyama Jean-Pierre Noblet, Eric Simon and Robert Parent Ettore Bolisani and Alessandro Oltramari Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Anthony K.P. Wensley and María Teresa Sánchez Polo Rémy Magnier-Watanabe, Caroline Benton and Dai Senoo George Huber Jialin Yi Andrew Cox Antonella Padova and Enrico Scarso Tao Guo, David G. Schwartz, Frada Burstein and Henry Linger Paul Jackson and Jane Klobas Julia Nieves and Javier Osorio

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This book reviews the field of Knowledge Management, taking a holistic approach that includes both "e;soft"e; and "e;hard"e; aspects. It provides a broad perspective on the field, rather than one based on a single viewpoints from Computer Science or Organizational Learning, offering a comprehensive and integrated conception of Knowledge Management. The chapters represent the best Knowledge Management articles published in the 21st century in Knowledge Management Research & Practice and the European Journal of Information Systems, with contributors including Ikujiro Nonaka, Frada Burstein, and David Schwartz. Most of the chapters contribute significantly to practise as well as theory. The OR Essentials series presents a unique cross-section of high quality research work fundamental to understanding contemporary issues and research across a range of Operational Research topics. It brings together some of the best research papers from the highly respected journals of the Operational Research Society, also published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 6
List of Figures 8
List of Tables 9
1 Introduction: Setting the Scene 12
Part I: Foundations 26
2 Management Knowledge and Knowledge Management: Realism and Forms of Truth 27
3 The Theoretical Foundations of Knowledge Management 57
Part II: Strategic Issues 102
4 The Knowledge-creating Theory Revisited: Knowledge Creation as a Synthesizing Process 103
5 Absorptive Capacity: A Proposed Operationalization 119
6 Knowledge as a Measurable Object in Business Contexts: A Stock-and-Flow Approach 139
7 A Conceptual Framework for Unlearning in a Homecare Setting 161
8 A Study of Knowledge Management Enablers across Countries 183
Part III: Understanding Knowledge Transfer/Sharing 204
9 Transfer of Knowledge in Knowledge Management Systems: Unexplored Issues and Suggested Studies 205
10 A Measure of Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Scale Development and Validation 219
Part IV: People or Technology Approaches? 252
11 Reproducing Knowledge: Xerox and the Story of Knowledge Management 253
12 Managing Large Amounts of Knowledge Objects: Cognitive and Organisational Problems 273
Part V: Newer Technological Developments 290
13 Codifying Collaborative Knowledge: Using Wikipedia as a Basis for Automated Ontology Learning 291
14 Deciding to Use an Enterprise Wiki: The Role of Social Institutions and Scripts 313
15 The Role of Social Networks in Knowledge Creation 335
Index 367

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2016
• Reihe/Serie: OR Essentials
• Reihe/Serie: OR Essentials
• Zusatzinfo: X, 372 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Finanz- / Wirtschaftsmathematik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Planung / Organisation
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Schlagworte: business • Business Process • Business Processes • Information Management • Knowledge creation • knowledge management • knowledge sharing • Knowledge Strategy • Knowledge Transfer • learning • Management • Management Science • Networks • Ontology • Operational Research • OR • Organisation • organization • Organizational Learning • Strategy
• ISBN-10: 1-137-55210-7 / 1137552107
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-55210-5 / 9781137552105