Knowledge Management. Cultivating Knowledge Professionals

✍ Scribed by Suliman Al-Hawamdeh (Auth.)

Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Year: 2003
Tongue: English
Leaves: 228
Series: Chandos Information Professional Series
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book serves as a reference for individuals interested in knowledge management (KM) and educational issues surrounding KM. It looks at KM as an emerging profession and the need to educate a new generation of knowledge professionals to deal with managing knowledge on the one hand and managing knowledge workers on the other hand. In particular, it examines the skills and competencies of knowledge professionals; and how educational programs can address these demands - covering such issues as determining the optimal mix of subjects from the various disciplines that develop the requisite professional competencies.

The first book to cover KM education
Adopts a multidisciplinary approach to KM education
Based on the many years of experience of the author in KM education

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
CHANDOS: INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL SERIES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages vii-ix
Acknowledgements, Page xi
List of abbreviations, Pages xiii-xiv
List of figures and tables, Pages xv-xvi
About the author, Page xvii
1 - The dawn of the knowledge economy, Pages 1-15
2 - The complex nature of knowledge, Pages 17-32
3 - Intellectual capital, Pages 33-60
4 - The role of technology in knowledge management, Pages 61-80
5 - Knowledge sharing, Pages 81-99
6 - Communication and organizational culture, Pages 101-119
7 - Communities of practice, Pages 121-137
8 - The learning organization and organizational learning, Pages 139-155
9 - Knowledge management education, Pages 157-181
Appendix - Graduate programs in knowledge management, Pages 183-198
Bibliography, Pages 199-216
Index, Pages 217-222

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