Review
"This book constitutes not the final word on management in knowledge intensive organizations, but rather a recapitulation of the current state of research, as well as a demarcation of areas necessitating further study." --Dariusz Jemielniak, Kozminski Business School, Poland
"In this book, international contributors in business management, knowledge management, and organizational studies describe aspects of knowledge-intensive organizations, offering insight on diverse organizations including universities, consulting agencies, corporations, and high-tech start-ups." --- Book News Inc. (May 2009)
About the Author
Dariusz Jemielniak is an Assistant Professor of Management and Vice-Director of the PhD program at Kozminski Business School (Poland). 2004-2005 he spent as a Fulbright visiting scholar at Cornell University. He was also a visiting researcher at Harvard University (2007) and at University of California, Berkeley (2008). His main research focuses on workplace relations and occupational culture, especially in knowledge-intensive environment, which he studies by ethnographical and action research methods. He authored over 30 publications in English and in Polish, including a recent volume co-edited with Jerzy Kociatkiewicz on Management Practices in High-Tech Environments (Information Science Reference, 2008).
Jerzy Kociatkiewicz is a Lecturer in Management at the University of Essex. He holds a PhD in sociology from the Polish Academy of Science. His main research interests include the social construction of high-tech workplaces, organizational space, narrativity, and science fiction He has published his work in journals such as Qualitative Sociology, Human Resource Development International, Knowledge Transfer, and Ephemera. With Dariusz Jemielniak, he recently edited Management Practices in High-Tech Environments.
