Knowledge Management Tools (Knowledge Reader) [Paperback]

Rudy Ruggles (Author)

Book Description

Series: Knowledge Reader | Publication Date: December 25, 1996

The third in the readers series Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge Management Tools analyzes the use of knowledge management tools in the past, present and future. It helps managers and companies utilize what they know.

The selections in this volume were carefully chosen to represent the strengths and weaknesses, and pros and cons of using technology to support knowledge-based activities. They acknowledge that, although tools alone are not the answer to the difficult questions surrounding knowledge management, if utilized effectively tools can open up new realms of innovation and efficiency for today's knowledge-driven businesses.

What are the tools of the Knowledge Era?
How can technology help knowledge generation, codification, and transfer?
What are key considerations as such tools are implemented?

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Review

Knowledge Management Tools is a unique collection of articles that provides answers to questions such as: What are the tools of the Knowledge Era?; How can technology help knowledge generation, codification, and transfer?; What are key considerations as such tools are implements? What might the future hold for the augmentation an automation of knowledge work? The selections in Knowledge Management Tools were carefully chosen to represent the strengths and weaknesses, and pros and cons of using technology to support knowledge-based activities. They acknowledge that, although tools alone are not the answer to the difficult questions surround knowledge management, if utilized effectively tools can open up new realms of innovation and efficiency for today's knowledge-driven businesses. Knowledge Management Tools is critically useful reading for anyone with management responsibilities in today's information driven business world. -- Midwest Book Review

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The selections in this volume were carefully chosen to represent the strengths and weaknesses, and pros and cons of using technology to support knowledge-based activities. They acknowledge that, although tools alone are not the answer to the difficult questions surrounding knowledge management, if utilized effectively tools can open up new realms of innovation and efficiency for today's knowledge-driven businesses.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 303 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (December 25, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750698497
• ISBN-13: 978-0750698498
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,902,360 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just republished content; very little value added !!, July 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Knowledge Management Tools (Knowledge Reader) (Paperback)

Merely a republication of articles from other books.

There is really nothing new here. This repackages older material and adds almost no value to the KM literature, except that it puts some old articles all in one place. The most recent paper is from 1995. Most of the 15 other papers are much older.

The real work in putting this title together was reading some articles and then negotiating the rights to republish them.

The author is an Ernst and Young KM consultant who read some articles and then slapped on what he thought were appropriate section titles on various chapters. He provides an 8-page introduction that puts a KM wrapper to the original papers.

The value is provided exclusively by others.

This felt like a scam promulgated by the publisher or the consultant who wanted a title to their credit.

I was expecting some serious value-added by the author. I was seriously disappointed.

It would have been better as a review article covering the articles that were republished.

Amazon should have a "zero stars" or "one-half star" rating for titles like this.