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Informationen zum Autor WILLIAM E. HALAL is professor of management at George Washington University. A respected management scholar, consultant, and author of three previous books, including The New Management (1996), he lives in Washington, D.C. Klappentext Harness the Boundless Power of Knowledge Take a fascinating glimpse into the not-too-distant future. In The Infinite Resource, seventeen visionary thinkers explore knowledge--the only inexhaustible source of competitive advantage--as the juggernaut of an remarkable new order whose advent is fast rAndering today's business conventions obsolete. Their incisive observations include up-to-the-minute examinations of knowledge-change initiatives currently under way at Bell Atlantic, MCI, Lufthansa, and other forward-thinking companies. Filled with fresh ideas, perspectives, and voices, it's a state-of-the-art appraisal of emerging organizational forms vital to anyone grappling with the challenges and possibilities posed by the Information Age. Zusammenfassung Corporate leaders! consultants and leading authorities provide "live" examples of how businesses are managing to make the most of knowledge: the infinite resource. The book includes pieces by the CEOs of Bell Atlantic! MCI and Visa International. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. The Economic Imperatives of Knowledge: New Organizations for a New Era. CREATING THE INTERNAL ENTERPRISE SYSTEM. A Small Government Solution to Big City Problems. Transforming Organizations into Market Economies. Reintroducing Alcoa to Economic Reality. Market-Based Management at Koch Industries. Lufthansa Soars on Internal Markets. FORMING A NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE ALLIANCES. Knowledge Companies. The Spherical Network organization. The Age of the Network. Novell's Ten- Thousand- Piece Puzzle. Managing the Virtual Organization. LEVERAGING KNOWLEDGETH AN INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE. Our Vision of the Information Superhighway. Taking a Byte Out of Bureaucracy. Welcome to the Revolution. The Intelligent Organization. An Advertising Agency Without Walls. Riding the Information Tiger....
