Knowledge Management. Social, Cultural and Theoretical Perspectives

✍ Scribed by Ruth Rikowski (Eds.)

Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Year: 2007
Tongue: English
Leaves: 324
Series: Chandos Knowledge Management
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on various aspects of KM - including social, political and philosophical perspectives; practical perspectives; cross-cultural perspectives and theoretical perspectives. It concludes with an alternative view on KM, emphasising how KM helps to ensure the success of the knowledge revolution.

Brings different aspects of KM together, in one book
Includes contributions from academics, librarians/information professionals, KM consultants and web-designers
Emphasises the importance of both theory and practice in KM

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front matter, Pages i-iii
Copyright, Page iv
List of figure and tables, Page ix
Foreword, Pages xi-xii, Deian Hopkin
About the contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Preface, Pages xv-xxxiv, Ruth Rikowski
Introduction, Pages 1-4, Ruth Rikowski
1 - Knowledge management: what has wisdom got to do with it?, Pages 5-13, Bruce Lloyd
2 - Intangible value at work: personal, organisational and social dimensions, Pages 15-48, Bob Bater, Isabelle Cabos
3 - Leadership in the knowledge revolution: an Open Marxist theoretical perspective and analysis, Pages 49-71, Ruth Rikowski
Introduction, Pages 73-75, Ruth Rikowski
4 - The role of the library in knowledge management, Pages 77-91, Mandy Webster
5 - Accessibility issues for web-based information systems, Pages 93-130, Paul Catherall
Introduction, Pages 131-134, Ruth Rikowski
6 - Knowledge management within and across cultures and cultural theories, Pages 135-149, Ruth Rikowski
7 - Knowledge sharing and organisational learning in the developed and developing world, Pages 151-178, Ruth Rikowski
8 - Knowledge management: internal, external and social cultures, Pages 179-198, Ruth Rikowski
9 - An Open Marxist theoretical analysis of knowledge management within and across cultures, Pages 199-202, Ruth Rikowski
Introduction, Pages 203-207, Ruth Rikowski
10 - Thermodynamics and knowledge: principles and implications, Pages 209-227, Leburn Rose
11 - Knowledge management: an Open Marxist theoretical perspective and analysis, Pages 229-267, Ruth Rikowski
12 - Conclusion, Pages 269-272, Ruth Rikowski
Bibliography, Pages 273-289
Index, Pages 291-304

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