Successes and Failures of Knowledge Management

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Jay Liebowitz is the Distinguished Chair of Applied Business and Finance at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. He previously was the Orkand Endowed Chair of Management and Technology in the Graduate School at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC). He served as a Professor in the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. He was ranked one of the top 10 knowledge management researchers/practitioners out of 11,000 worldwide, and was ranked #2 in KM Strategy worldwide according to the January 2010 Journal of Knowledge Management. Prior to joining Hopkins, Dr. Liebowitz was the first Knowledge Management Officer at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Before NASA, Dr. Liebowitz was the Robert W. Deutsch Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Professor of Management Science at George Washington University, and Chair of Artificial Intelligence at the U.S. Army War College. Dr. Liebowitz is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Expert Systems With Applications: An International Journal (published by Elsevier), which is ranked #1 worldwide for AI journals according to the h5 index of Google Scholar journal rankings (as of November 26, 2014). He is a Fulbright Scholar, IEEE-USA Federal Communications Commission Executive Fellow, and Computer Educator of the Year (International Association for Computer Information Systems). He has published over 40 books and a myriad of journal articles on knowledge management, analytics, intelligent systems, and IT management. As of January 2014, Dr. Liebowitz served as the Editor-in-Chief of Procedia-CS (Elsevier). He is also the Series Book Editor of the new Data Analytics book series (Taylor & Francis). In October 2011, the International Association for Computer Information Systems named the “Jay Liebowitz Outstanding Student Research Award? for the best student research paper at the IACIS Annual Conference. He has lectured and consulted worldwide. Klappentext Successes and Failures of Knowledge Management highlights examples from across multiple industries demonstrating where knowledge management has been implemented well! and not so well! so others can learn from these cases on their knowledge management journey. Knowledge management deals with how best to leverage knowledge internally and externally in organizations to improve decision making and facilitating knowledge capture and sharing. It is a critical part of an organization's fabric and can be used to increase innovation! improve organizational internal and external effectiveness! build the institutional memory! and enhance organizational agility. Starting by establishing KM processes! measures! and metrics! the book highlights ways to be successful in knowledge management institutionalization through learning from others' mistakes and successes. Whether an organization is already implementing KM or has been reluctant to do so! the ideas presented will stimulate application of knowledge management as part of a human capital strategy in any organization. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Parameters of knowledge management success2. Why are companies still struggling to implement knowledge management? Answers from 34 experts in the field3. REAL knowledge and the James Webb Space Telescope: success and failure coexisting in NASA4. Processes: Still the poor relation in the knowledge management family?5. KM successes and failures: some personal reflections on major challenges6. Lessons learned from nearly 200 cases of KM journeys by Hong Kong and Asian Enterprises#7. Knowledge loss and retention: the paradoxical role of IT8. Knowledge and knowledge-related assets: design for optimal application and impact9. Knowledge management success and failure: the tale of two cases10. Social knowledge: organizational currencies in the new knowledge economy11. Knowledge management and a...

List of contents

1. Parameters of knowledge management success 2. Why are companies still struggling to implement knowledge management? Answers from 34 experts in the field 3. REAL knowledge and the James Webb Space Telescope: success and failure coexisting in NASA 4. Processes: Still the poor relation in the knowledge management family? 5. KM successes and failures: some personal reflections on major challenges 6. Lessons learned from nearly 200 cases of KM journeys by Hong Kong and Asian Enterprises# 7. Knowledge loss and retention: the paradoxical role of IT 8. Knowledge and knowledge-related assets: design for optimal application and impact 9. Knowledge management success and failure: the tale of two cases 10. Social knowledge: organizational currencies in the new knowledge economy 11. Knowledge management and analytical modeling for transformational leadership profiles in a multinational company 12. Success and failure in improvement of knowledge delivery to customers using chatbot-result of a case study in a Polish SME 13. Don't neglect the foundation: how organizations can build their knowledge architecture and processes for long-term sustainability 14. Semantic technologies for enhancing knowledge management systems

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"... the book inspires us for the present and upcoming challenges in KM. Lessons learned, achievements and disappointments are part of KM development, which is why this is a book worth reading to prepare the future...Learn from lessons in this great book and make the most out of KM in your organizations!" --Journal of Economics and Management
"Those in KM will benefit from reading Successes and Failures of Knowledge Management. It addresses the current state of KM, confirms the existing body of knowledge, and provides ideas for how to close informational gaps with future research." --Technical Communication

Product details

• Authors: Jay Liebowitz
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780128051870
• ISBN: 978-0-12-805187-0
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Morgan Kaufmann
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Knowledge Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Knowledge Capital