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Zusatztext Review from previous edition This is an excellent book that will appeal to the business world as much as the academic. Burton-Jones is to be congratulated on this deft handling of a considerable amount of complex material! resulting in a very readable volume. Informationen zum Autor Alan Burton-Jones, formerly business development director of leading multi-national, British Oxygen's computer services subsidiary based in London, now heads an international IT and management consultancy practice headquartered in Australia. A frequent speaker at technical and business conferences, he has extensive contacts within the academic and business spheres in the USA, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Klappentext This book probes the surface of contemporary economic and social change and reveals how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms! empowering individuals! and reshaping the links between learning and work. Using economic! management and knowledge-based theories! it describes the emergence of a new breed of capitalist! one dependent on knowledge rather than physical resources. Zusammenfassung This text probes the surface of contemporary economic and social change, revealing how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms, empowering individuals, and reshaping the links between learning and work. PART I: THE KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION; 1. The Rise of Knowledge Capital; 2. Knowledge, the Firm, and the Market; 3. Beyond Employment: Towards a Model of Knowledge Supply; PART II: NAVIGATING KNOWLEDGE MARKETS; 4. From Jobs to Careers; 5. Mediators of Knowledge Supply; 6. Dependent Entrepreneurs; 7. Independent Entrepreneurs and Business Networks; PART III: THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED FIRM; 8. Redefining the Firm; 9. The Rewards for Knowledge; PART IV: THE KNOWLEDGE ESCALATOR; 10. The Learning Imperative; 11. The Transition to Knowledge Capitalism
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part I: The Knowledge Revolution
- 1: The Rise of Knowledge Capital
- 2: Knowledge, the Firm, and the Market
- 3: Beyond Employment: Towards a Model of Knowledge Supply
- Part II: Navigating Knowledge Markets
- 4: From Jobs to Careers
- 5: Mediators of Knowledge Supply
- 6: Dependent Entrepreneurs
- 7: Independent Entrepreneurs and Business Networks
- Part III: The Knowledge-Based Firm
- 8: Redefining the Firm
- 9: The Rewards for Knowledge
- Part IV: The Knowledge Escalator
- 10: The Learning Imperative
- 11: The Transition to Knowledge Capitalism
Zusammenfassung
This text probes the surface of contemporary economic and social change, revealing how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms, empowering individuals, and reshaping the links between learning and work.
