Lost Knowledge: Confronting the Threat of an AgingWorkforce, by David W. DeLong. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 258 pages. $19.95 (hardcover).
✍ Scribed by Kathy Lohr Miller
- Book ID
- 102255925
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1044-8004
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✦ Synopsis
DeLong' s Lost Knowledge follows in the ever-widening vein of books warning of the challenges, and in some texts impending doom, certain to arrive with the crest and crash of baby boomers into retirement. Dychtwald' s AgeWave and AgePower burst on the popular press scene in 1990 and 1999, respectively, and Goldberg' s Age Works entered the fold in 2000 with her focus on the workplace. More recently, The Aging Workforce (Hedge, Borman, & Lammlein, 2006) and Older Worker Advantage (Shea & Haasen, 2005) have joined the discussion.
This book is a worthy addition to any manager' s bookshelf, especially those involved in information technology and knowledge management. It is clearly written and intuitively organized for both an initial reading and future reference. According to the author, a research fellow at the