Perspectives on Knowledge Management

by I V Malhan (Editor), Shivarama Rao K (Editor)

Overview

In an effort to integrate the thought processes of prominent scholars in the field of Knowledge Management (KM), editors I V Malhan and Shivarama Rao K have selected contributions from these scholars and encapsulated them in a single volume. Compiled primarily to make information professionals and knowledge workers aware of the growing diversity and importance of KM, the comprehensive coverage provided in Perspectives on Knowledge Management will contribute to better understanding of the evolving and significant field of KM.

Consisting of five sections divided into 28 chapters, each essay was selected based on careful review of its suitability to the theme, as well as the experience and contributions to the field of KM by its author. Chapters cover a wide range of areas, such as changing management through KM, bringing green revolution with knowledge revolution, KM for good governance in developing countries, KM to improve business performance, and KM in corporate organizations. Library and information science professionals, as well as business professionals, information and communications technology professionals, agriculture extension departments, and others interested in management of information and knowledge resources will find this work extremely useful.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461707028
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/02/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	476
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

I V Malhan is Professor and Head of the Department of Library Science, University of Jammu.

Shivarama Rao K is Lecturer in the Department of Library Science, University of Jammu.

Table of Contents

Preface     vii
List of Figures     xix
List of Tables     xxi
Conceptual Framework and Perspectives
Change Management through Knowledge Management: Challenges and Opportunities   Jagtar Singh     3
Managing Knowledge Management in Organizational Settings   Manoj Bhatt     17
Networking and Knowledge Management for the New Era of Global Marketing   Parameshwar P. Iyer     27
Lifelong Learning and Knowledge Networking for Staying Ahead of Time: Issues and Implications for Library and Information Professionals   Jagtar Singh   Pradeepa Wijetunge     35
Knowledge Structures   Debra M. Amidon     45
Knowledge Management Experts   Daniel D. Stuhlman     57
Knowledge Domain Visualization   Chaomei Chen     67
Bibliometrics on Knowledge Management   E. R. Prakasan   Anil Sagar   Anil Kumar   V. L. Kalyane   Vijai Kumar     79
Bringing Knowledge Revolution to Green Revolution: Managing the Agricultural Knowledge Resources for Growth in the Agricultural Sector in the Electronic Era   I. V. Malhan   Shivarama Rao     103
Information Technology Revolution and Knowledge Management
Four Ways that Digital Communications Are TransformingScholarship: Sources, Names, Claims, and Scope   Kim H. Veltman     129
Web Usability for Knowledge Management Portal Design: A Case Study in Bosnia and Herzegovina   Lisa M. Given     155
Computer Anxiety in the Knowledge Era   J. J. Beckers   H. G. Schmidt     175
Digital Governance Models: Using Knowledge Management for Good Governance in Developing Countries   Vikas Nath     183
Media Convergence and Knowledge Management   Dimple Patel     207
Delivering Information Anywhere, Anytime: The Application of Knowledge Management in Digital Reference Services   K. Prakash     219
Information Revolution: Information Management to Knowledge Management   Poornima Narayana     235
Knowledge Management in University Libraries of Punjab   Trishanjit Kaur     245
Knowledge Management and the Corporate World
Knowledge Management to Improve Business Performance and Innovation   A. S. A. du Toit     259
Knowledge Management Initiatives at Research Center of Hindustan Lever Limited   Manish Mankad     279
Knowledge Management in Corporate Organizations   Namrata Khairah   K. P. Singh     295
Knowledge Management in Industrial Relations: A Challenge for Trade Unions   Anjula Gurtoo      309
Knowledge Management Practices in Indian IT Services Vendors   Rishikesha T. Krishnan   N. Dayasindhu     323
Competencies and Skills for Knowledge Management
The Changing Landscape of Information Work and Evolving Role of Library and Information Professionals in the Knowledge Era   I. V. Malhan   Shivarama Rao     339
Essential Competencies for Library and Information Science Professionals to Manage Knowledge Resources   V. Sakthi Regha     351
Opportunities and Challenges for Information Professions in the Knowledge Economy   Roshan Lal Raina     371
Knowledge Management Tools, Taxonomies and Terminology
Managing Information Sources on the Internet Using WebBiblio Subject Gateway System   Jack Eapen     381
An Approach toward Taxonomies   Madhuresh Singhal   S. Shashi Nath     391
Knowledge Management Terms   Daniel D. Stuhlman     407
Index     419
About the Editor and Contributors     439

Editorial Reviews

Perspectives on Knowledge Management...is a lucid entry point into a fast-changing and often confusing discourse, one that straddles information science and organizational studies. In this well-edited volume, corporate information officers, professors of information science, librarians, and directors of science and technology programs at various institutes are gathered to explain how studies in knowledge management can address the problems that plague institutions in our information-rich global environment....The wide range of specific cases is welcome. It allows the volume to do a good job of reining in the expansive field of KM....The authors of these studies provide both students in information studies programs and those entering business and management professions with a comprehensive overview that manages to do the difficult job of contextualizing the ephemeral and allusive nature of knowledge in concrete terms.

Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie

Perspectives on Knowledge Management...is a lucid entry point into a fast-changing and often confusing discourse, one that straddles information science and organizational studies. In this well-edited volume, corporate information officers, professors of information science, librarians, and directors of science and technology programs at various institutes are gathered to explain how studies in knowledge management can address the problems that plague institutions in our information-rich global environment....The wide range of specific cases is welcome. It allows the volume to do a good job of reining in the expansive field of KM....The authors of these studies provide both students in information studies programs and those entering business and management professions with a comprehensive overview that manages to do the difficult job of contextualizing the ephemeral and allusive nature of knowledge in concrete terms.

November 2008 Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie

Perspectives on Knowledge Management...is a lucid entry point into a fast-changing and often confusing discourse, one that straddles information science and organizational studies. In this well-edited volume, corporate information officers, professors of information science, librarians, and directors of science and technology programs at various institutes are gathered to explain how studies in knowledge management can address the problems that plague institutions in our information-rich global environment....The wide range of specific cases is welcome. It allows the volume to do a good job of reining in the expansive field of KM....The authors of these studies provide both students in information studies programs and those entering business and management professions with a comprehensive overview that manages to do the difficult job of contextualizing the ephemeral and allusive nature of knowledge in concrete terms.

November 2008 Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie

Perspectives on Knowledge Management...is a lucid entry point into a fast-changing and often confusing discourse, one that straddles information science and organizational studies. In this well-edited volume, corporate information officers, professors of information science, librarians, and directors of science and technology programs at various institutes are gathered to explain how studies in knowledge management can address the problems that plague institutions in our information-rich global environment....The wide range of specific cases is welcome. It allows the volume to do a good job of reining in the expansive field of KM....The authors of these studies provide both students in information studies programs and those entering business and management professions with a comprehensive overview that manages to do the difficult job of contextualizing the ephemeral and allusive nature of knowledge in concrete terms.

November 2008 Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie

Perspectives on Knowledge Management...is a lucid entry point into a fast-changing and often confusing discourse, one that straddles information science and organizational studies. In this well-edited volume, corporate information officers, professors of information science, librarians, and directors of science and technology programs at various institutes are gathered to explain how studies in knowledge management can address the problems that plague institutions in our information-rich global environment....The wide range of specific cases is welcome. It allows the volume to do a good job of reining in the expansive field of KM....The authors of these studies provide both students in information studies programs and those entering business and management professions with a comprehensive overview that manages to do the difficult job of contextualizing the ephemeral and allusive nature of knowledge in concrete terms.

November 2008 College & Research Libraries News