The World Knowledge Forum (WKF; Korean: 세계지식포럼) is a fete of knowledge, the biggest in Asia. It is also known as Asia’s Davos Forum (World Economic Forum). Established in October 2000, the World Knowledge Forum gathers more than 200 business and opinion leaders from around the world ranging from environmental and international organizations to world’s
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The Knowledge Management Russia (KM Russia) business-forum will provide a platform for most admired Knowledge Management practitioners and experts from Russia and overseas to share their experiences and build networks and partnerships with Russian businessmen and enterprises. Since 2022 it is sometimes also known as SKIMC (Strategic Knowledge and Innovation Management Community)
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
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