Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management

by Joseph M. Firestone, Mark W. McElroy

Overview

In 'Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management,' Firestone and McElroy, the architects of the New Knowledge Management (TNKM) provide an in-depth analysis of the most important issues in the field of Knowledge Management.


The issues the book addresses are central in the field today:
* The Knowledge Wars, or the issue of "how you define knowledge determines how you manage it"
* The nature of knowledge processing
* Information management or knowledge management?
* Three views on the evolution of knowledge management
* The role of knowledge claim evaluation in knowledge processing, or the difference between opinion, judgements, information, data, and real knowledge in knowledge management systems
* Is culture a barrier in knowledge management?
* The Open Enterprise and accelerated sustainable innovation
* Portals
* How should one evaluate KM software?
* Intellectual Capital
* Measuring the impact of KM initiatives on the organization and the bottom line
* KM and terrorism

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136390586
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/25/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	19 MB
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Joseph M. Firestone, Mark W. McElpson

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Firestone and McElroy, the architects of the New Knowledge Management (TNKM) provide an in-depth analysis of the most important issues in the field of Knowledge Management

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Knowledge Conundrum; Chapter 2 Origin of the Knowledge Life Cycle; Chapter 3 Information Management and Knowledge Management; Chapter 4 Generations of Knowledge Management; Chapter 5 Knowledge Claim Evaluation; Chapter 6 Applications of the Knowledge Life Cycle (KLC) Framework; Chapter 7 Knowledge Management as Best Practices Systems—Where’s the Context?; Chapter 8 What Comes First; Chapter 9 Knowledge Management and Culture; Chapter 10 A Note on Intellectual Capital; Chapter 11 Conclusion;