Knowledge Management Systems: Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge Management

✍ Scribed by Professor Dr. Ronald Maier (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 731
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Information and knowledge have profoundly transformed businesses, organizations and society. Knowledge management promises concepts and instruments that help organizations to provide an environment supportive of knowledge creation, sharing and application. Information and communication technologies are often regarded as the enabler for the effective and especially efficient implementation of knowledge management. The book presents an almost encyclopedic treatise of the many important facets, concepts and theories that have influenced knowledge management and integrates them into a framework consisting of strategy, organization, systems and economics guiding the design of successful initiatives. The third edition particularly extends coverage of the two pillars of implementing knowledge management initiatives, i.e. organization and systems

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Motivation....Pages 1-8
Goals....Pages 9-10
Procedure, Methods and Overview....Pages 11-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-20
Foundation....Pages 21-92
Strategy....Pages 93-152
Organization....Pages 153-272
Systems....Pages 273-394
Economics....Pages 395-433
Summary and Critical Reflection....Pages 434-436
Front Matter....Pages 437-438
Related Empirical Studies....Pages 439-449
Research Design....Pages 450-467
Strategy and Environment....Pages 468-481
Organization....Pages 482-523
Systems....Pages 524-563
Economics....Pages 564-580
Summary and Critical Reflection....Pages 581-590
Front Matter....Pages 591-591
Scenarios....Pages 592-620
Outlook....Pages 621-630
Back Matter....Pages 631-720

✦ Subjects

Business Information Systems; Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Organization/Planning