Abstract: The role of the manager as merely an overseer of workers is an artifact of the Industrial Age paradigm, no longer appropriate to the Knowledge Age. Increasingly, middle managers’ heads are on the chopping blocks of budget-tightening corporations, and those who fail to transform themselves into “player/coaches” will become obsolete, suggests Thomas H.
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A new Knowledge Management group: Association of Knowledgework (AoK)
Abstract: A new online association is formed where knowledge workers and knowledge managers can share common ground. A new KM group has been formed on the radical premise that knowledge workers and knowledge managers ought to belong to the same organization. The Association of Knowledgework (AoK), an online group, went live
Knowledge management skills needed by line managers
Abstract: New technology and organizational structures are transforming the workplace, but management skills have not yet caught up. Harnessing knowledge and using it as a competitive advantage is one of the key priorities of organizations today. Honing Your Knowledge Skills looks at how to define knowledge working and identifies the practical skills of knowledge