The essentials of knowledge management. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by John S. Edwards.
• Editors: Edwards, John S, 1952-
• Contents: 1. Introduction: setting the scene; PART I: FOUNDATIONS; 2. Management knowledge and knowledge management: realism and forms of truth; 3. The theoretical foundations of knowledge management; PART II: STRATEGIC ISSUES; 4. The knowledge-creating theory revisited: knowledge creation as a synthesizing process; 5. Absorptive capacity: a proposed operationalization; 6. Knowledge as a measurable object in business contexts: a stock-and-flow approach; 7. A conceptual framework for unlearning in a homecare setting; 8. A study of knowledge management enablers across countries; PART III: UNDERSTANDING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER/SHARING; 9. Transfer of knowledge in knowledge management systems: unexplored issues and suggested studies; 10. A measure of knowledge sharing behavior: scale development and validation; PART IV: PEOPLE OR TECHNOLOGY ISSUES?; 11. Reproducing knowledge: Xerox and the story of knowledge management; 12. Managing large amounts of knowledge objects: cognitive and organisational problems; PART V: NEWER TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; 13. Codifying collaborative knowledge: using Wikipedia as a basis for automated ontology learning; 14. Deciding to use an enterprise wiki: the role of social institutions and scripts; 15. The role of social networks in knowledge creation
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 658.4038; Knowledge management; Knowledge Capital; Management; Management Science; Strategic Planning; Business strategy; Knowledge management; Operational research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137552099; 1137552093
• Related ISBNs: 9781137552082
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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