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by Paul S Myers (Author) "For more than a decade, management thinkers have heralded the arrival of the new information economy characterized by globalization, increased complexity, and rapid change..." (more)
Key Phrases: alienable decision rights, specific knowledge relevant, competitive collaboration, New York, Harvard Business Review, United States (more...)
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Knowledge Management And Organizational Design is a unique compilation of articles and book excerpts that describe how the form and management of an organization shapes its levels of knowledge transfer, innovation, and learning. The collection draws on fifty years of management thinking to address key challenges facing knowledge-intensive companies. The selections are concise, clearly written, and combine rich frameworks with examples drawn from real management experience. Issues discussed include decision making, organizational structure, innovation, strategic alliances, managing knowledge workers, and power relations. Knowledge Management And Organizational Design represents a variety of disciplines and approaches providing complementary answers to a critical set of knowledge management dilemmas. Knowledge Management And Organizational Design is useful and informative reading for anyone with a management task of any size or dimension. -- Midwest Book Review

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The first in the readers' series called Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge Management and Organizational Design is a unique compilation of articles and book excerpts that describe how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer, innovation and learning.

The collection draws on fifty years of management thinking and presents key issues facing knowledge-intensive organizations. The selections are concise, clearly written and present a rich framework of examples drawn from real management experience. Arranged thematically, the chapters discuss decision-making, organization structure, innovation, strategic alliances, managing knowledge workers and power relations. Represented in this volume are the ideas of influential academics including the late economist Frederick Hayek and French sociologist Michael Crozier, as well as world-renowned management thinkers such as Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Charles Handy.

A unique collection of activities and book excerpts selected for their insight into the relationship between organizational design and knowledge management.
The first compilation of its kind to draw together the work of leading economists, sociologists, psychologists, management thinkers and practitioners
Includes an introductory essay which synthesizes the various ideas presented throughout the volume.

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (August 29, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0750697490
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750697491
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #191,518 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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