Abstract: The emerging knowledge economy and society bring new challenges to organizations, managers and workers: the accelerating pace of innovation in products, services and processes; the growing importance of work that requires extensive education, experience and judgment; and the escalating complexity of knowledge, which becomes increasingly distributed and changeable, among others. The field of knowledge
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Knowledge Champions’ Activities
Abstract: Knowledge champions are Knowledge Management (KM) leadership roles appointed to one person from each department. They report to the central knowledge manager. These people promote, support and communicate knowledge management initiatives within their departments. By combining these activities they help ensure your new KM strategy can have the best possible starting point.
Role of knowledge brokers in Japanese communities of practice
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of knowledge brokers in Japanese communities of practice (CoP). This is because if knowledge brokers can connect across boundaries and introduce practices into another CoP, they can contribute by introducing practices as tacit knowledge to another CoP. Design/methodology/approach
Leadership in an Information Society
Abstract: After surveying the evolution of the leader’s role as a generalist, Cleveland discusses how information has replaced material things as the major resource that must be managed, and he goes on to discuss how attempting to manage information using techniques developed to manage things will cause trouble for leaders. He considers some of
Leadership in the Knowledge Economy
» In memory of Knowledge Management poineer Debra M. Amidon « Abstract: Leadership is a key influence on the conduct and outcomes of knowledge management in organizations and economies. This chapter advances and describes seven essential aspects of effective knowledge leadership: context, competence, culture, communities, conversation, communication, and coaching. It argues