Putting Knowledge Networks into Action - Methodology, Development, Maintenance

The concepts and theories of knowledge management and networks are meanwhile well documented. Yet there are few, if any, guidelines on how to implement knowledge management within an organization, especially focusing on how to manage knowledge in a network environment. This shows that managing knowledge in networks is a rather new and unexplored field. This book visualizes paths that allow one to make connections between theories, concepts and concrete actions. Knowledge networks are organizational forms within companies that connect key experts to share knowledge and therefore fulfil strategic goals. Managing knowledge in network environments is a fast-moving field attempting to integrate various disciplines such as human resources, organizational development, change management, strategy, information technology, sociology and network theory. This book shows how to integrate these different roots into a holistic view on managing knowledge in networks. It develops a methodology which will support the reader to move concrete steps forward towards building and maintaining knowledge networks in his organization.

List of contents

Management Summary.- At a Glance - Competing through Knowledge Networks.- About this Handbook.- Building Blocks.- Storyboard - Setting Up Knowledge Networks.- Summary and Action Plan.

Product details

• Assisted by: Andrea Back (Editor), Ellen Enkel (Editor), Georg Von Krogh (Editor), Andreas Seufert (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2005
• EAN: 9783540405740
• ISBN: 978-3-540-40574-0
• No. of pages: 196
• Weight: 434 g
• Illustrations: VI, 196 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, Soziologie, B, Sociology, Wirtschaftsmathematik und -informatik, IT-Management, Business and Management, Unternehmensanwendungen, Information Retrieval, biotechnology, IT in Business, Sociology, general, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Application software, Information Technology, Management science, Business mathematics & systems, Internet searching, Business—Data processing, Business applications