Performance Through Learning: Knowledge Management in Practice (Improving Human Performance)

✍ Scribed by Carol Gorelick, Kurt April, Ph.D., Nick Milton

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 432
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Performance Through Learning is a practical guide to the key issues surrounding knowledge management from a human resource perspective and provides incisive insights into developing a strategy linked to organizational learning. The authors present a framework and model that practitioners within organizations can adapt to increase performance through learning using knowledge management tools. The book is divided into two parts and includes: An overview of theory Case studies and practitioner stories from a range of KM initiatives Tools and techniques for implementing an effective KM strategy. Written by a respected international author team, the book provides an understanding of the theory that supports knowledge management in the current business environment. Drawing upon real-life examples across a variety of organizational settings, from large global financial and professional services firms, to multinational oil and mining companies, to a small charity in the voluntary sector Authors from US, Canada, South Africa, and UK give this book an international perspectiveOnly book to focus on measurement using balanced scorecard and other HR measurement toolsProvides empirical case studies of how leading organizations in 4 countries have achieved benefits from KM