Knowledge Management [Hardcover]

Elias M Awad (Author), Hassan M. Ghaziri (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 5, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0130348201 | ISBN-13: 978-0130348203 | Edition: United States ed

This text will fit in the MIS majors course for Knowledge Management and for some Decision Support Systems Courses. The KM subject matter is a subset of content taught in the Decision Support Systems course. This 16 chapter text is about knowledge-how to capture it, how to transfer it, how to share it, and how to manage it. Awad takes students through a process-oriented examination of the topic, striking a balance between the behavioral and technical aspects of knowledge management and use it.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; United States ed edition (February 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130348201
• ISBN-13: 978-0130348203
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,134,086 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book doesn't know what it is trying to say, November 12, 2006

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A student (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Knowledge Management (Hardcover)

This book as assigned as the text for a Knowledge Management course I am currently taking. There are many problems with this text. The level of detail goes from theoritical (i.e., explaining what is knowledge, differentiating between tacit and explicit knowledge, etc.) to suggesting how to dress when performing a knowledge capture interview! Seriously, does a textbook on knowledge management need to get into the details how how to dress for an interview with an expert?

The other problem is that it states that expert systems have failed, but the KM systems that are discussed throughout the book appear to be just that - expert systems. I have read over half the text so far and I still don't get what they are really trying to tell me.

Lukily, my professor has assigned other readings and I am getting much more from these other papers. I also started reading "The complete idiot's guide to KM" and found that it is more useable that this text.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars VERY DRY MATERIAL... AUTHORS need to RECHECK their WORK for ACCURACY, May 17, 2011

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Mgmt Major - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Knowledge Management: Updated 2nd Edition (2010 Second Edition) (Paperback)

This text was required by National University for BKM 400 (Business Knowledge Management) and whoever decided that this text was the best material to use needs to reconsider their decision. Material is poorly written to the point that it is very complex to understand. Even my Professor admits having to reread the chapters several times before lecturing because the material is so dry and poorly written!! In addition, there are a lot of mislabeled Tables and a lot of jumping around in the book (meaning it does not flow or transition smoothly from one concept to another). I just checked how much I would get back for selling this book and I'm not surprised--$2.25 from Amazon! Bookrenter.com isn't even buying this text at all! Please consider purchasing this book USED or from the local Library... WASTE OF MONEY!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Textbook Quality, March 6, 2007

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Jeannie - See all my reviews

This review is from: Knowledge Management (Hardcover)

I have to say that I'm not quite done reading the book, but I have skimmed through the entire thing and have read several chapters. I would like to see more mentioned on security aspects of KM, but so far, not so bad.

I don't usually consider this in a book review, but I am disappointed with the physical quality of the book itself. It seems like the authors submitted a color document and took it to the cheapest publisher and had the darn thing photo copied. There are a number of illustrations that simply can't be read. The quality is terrible. This also goes for the labeling of figures, tables, etc.... On one page, I can read that it says Figure X.X but can't really see the text next to it. It is seriously detracting from the book.

The book could be the greatest book on KM in the world, but what good is it if you can't clearly see what is on the page?