Abstract: Managing an enterprise’s strategic information Big companies are noticing that employees who keep up on what’s up often gain an edge, and are creating a new top-rank position to help that happen. Chief knowledge officers, whether in title or duty only, are in charge of managing institutional
Chief Knowledge Officer or Knowledge Executive a future role for librarians?
Abstract: Is “chief knowledge officer” or “knowledge executive” a future role for librarians? Mary Corcoran and Rebecca Jones share their views. Attend any conference or event where information professionals are gathered these days and the discussion will turn, sooner or later, to the issue of new roles for the profession.
First-Ever “Knowledge Professorship” Created
Full text from publisher » n.a.: First-Ever “Knowledge Professorship” Created. Haas in the News, May 19, 1997 Copyright © Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley
New breed of senior manager responsible for intellectual capital
Abstract: Vanessa Houlder reports on a new breed of senior manager responsible for intellectual capital. Managers have access today to more information than they could have ever dreamed of years ago. They can call up Web pages on the Internet, they can tap into databases and they can call on
Variety of titles: chief information, chief learning, and chief knowledge officers
Abstract: The need to manage what Hubert St. Onge, Director of Organizational Learning for Canadian Imperial Bank Corporation, describes as a firm’s intellectual capital, “the sum of human, structural, and customer capital,” has created opportunities for a new breed of executives skilled in leveraging valuable organizational knowledge. A variety of titles