Abstract: In 1909, Sam Walter Foss, a librarian at the Somerville Public Library in Massachusetts, wrote a paper entitled ‘Some cardinal principals of librarian’s work’. Interestingly, Foss emphasized and encouraged the role of the librarian to be a fundamentally social and people-oriented character as opposed to a shy and retiring ‘book lover’. This
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Knowledge Facilitators in Pharma
Abstract: It is commonplace today to make claims that we are living in a knowledge-based, postindustrial society (Teece, 2000). In the knowledge society, the ability to make good use of abstract, codified, and symbol-based information serves as a major production factor. Such ability to make use of information is generally referred to as knowledge
Line managers as knowledge sharing facilitators
Abstract: As human resource management (HRM) and knowledge management are still new areas of research, if we assume the co‐existence of strategic integration, and devolution of HRM responsibilities to line managers, then we can see that an organisation’s strategic intent could be to maximise the contribution of employee’s knowledge and skills, through creating competitive
Impact of transformational and transactional leadership on organizational knowledge
Abstract: Strategy scholars have argued that managing knowledge effectively can provide firms with sustainable competitive advantages. Leaders are central to the process of managing knowledge effectively. Managing knowledge includes three key processes: creating, sharing, and exploiting knowledge. Leaders are central to each of these processes at multiple levels of the firm. Examining the role
What chief knowledge officers (CKOs) do
Abstract: As companies transform themselves into learning organizations, chief knowledge officers (CKOs) are becoming new features of the senior executive landscape. CKOs are responsible for driving a company’s knowledge management (KM) strategy. For many organizations, hiring a CKO is good way to initiate a KM program. One of the biggest challenges currently facing organizations