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The authors contend that current knowledge management efforts in organizations need to be re-focused so that they can be better poised for success. Topics discussed include: missing capabilities of knowledge management, knowledge management in strategic alliances, customer knowledge management, knowledge markets, and knowledge management systems, among others. The authors take a pragmatic approach to knowledge management and present the material in a jargon free and accessible way.
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'Exactly what's needed to breathe new life into a field now dying for lack of a practical, results-oriented perspective. Desouza and Awazu show us how to capture the essence of good management - knowledge - while actively engaged in the nitty-gritty of complex organizations. You will be engaged by this book.' - Professor William E. Halal, School of Business, George Washington University, USA; Co-Director, Institute for Knowledge and Innovation
'Engaged Knowledge Management is a significant contribution because it unearths the missing links in knowledge management and offers solutions to make it work...This book offers both the know-how and show-how to make knowledge management pay off and how to give a competitive edge to corporations.' - Deependra Moitra, Associate Vice President & General Manager (Research), Infosys Technologies Limited, India
'Engaged Knowledge Management will be one of the most important books in your library. It is a wonderful compendium of the critical issues related to knowledge management and will clearly be labeled as a 'must have' for all academics and practitioners that work in this field...All in all, the book is comprehensive and well written. A fine reference for the KM novice and expert.' - Dr. Nick Bontis, Associate Professor, DeGroote Business School, McMaster University; Director, Institute for Intellectual Capital Research, Canada; Associate Editor, Journal of Intellectual Capital
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About the authors
KEVIN C. DESOUZA is President of the Engaged Enterprise, and the Director of the Institute for Engaged Business Research, the think-tank of the Engaged Enterprise. He has authored Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence, co-authored (with T. Hensgen) Managing Information in Complex Organizations and edited New Frontiers in Knowledge Management. In addition, he has published over seventy articles in prestigious academic and practitioner management journals. Mr Desouza has been an invited speaker on topics of knowledge management and strategic deployment of information technologies for industry associations and business and government organizations.
YUKIKA AWAZU is Senior Vice President of the Engaged Enterprise and a research fellow at the Institute for Engaged Business Research, the think-tank of the Engaged Enterprise. She has authored over twenty articles in prestigious academic and practitioner management journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management, HR Magazine, International Journal of Information Management, Business Strategy Review, Business Horizons, KM Review, and Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology.
YUKIKA AWAZU is Senior Vice President of the Engaged Enterprise and a research fellow at the Institute for Engaged Business Research, the think-tank of the Engaged Enterprise. She has authored over twenty articles in prestigious academic and practitioner management journals such as Journal of Knowledge Management, HR Magazine, International Journal of Information Management, Business Strategy Review, Business Horizons, KM Review, and Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engaged Knowledge Management
Book Subtitle: Engagement with New Realities
Authors: Kevin C. Desouza, Yukika Awazu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230006072
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4510-5Published: 07 June 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52271-2Published: 07 June 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-00607-2Published: 07 June 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 240
Topics: Management, Operations Management, Knowledge Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory