Description
The book "Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management" provides an in-depth analysis of the most important issues in the field of Knowledge Management. The issues the book addresses are central in the field today, such as the Knowledge Wars, the nature of knowledge processing, information management, and knowledge management?. Three views on the evolution of knowledge management are also discussed. The role of knowledge claim evaluation in knowledge processing is also discussed, as well as the difference between opinion, judgements, information, data, and real knowledge in knowledge management systems. Culture is also discussed as a barrier in knowledge management. The book also discusses portals, intellectual capital, and measuring the impact of KM initiatives on the organization and the bottom line.
In 'Key Issues in the New Knowledge Management,' Firestone and McElroy, the architects of the New Knowledge Management (TNKM) provide an in-depth analysis of the most important issues in the field of Knowledge Management. The issues the book addresses are central in the field today: * The Knowledge Wars, or the issue of "how you define knowledge determines how you manage it" * The nature of knowledge processing * Information management or knowledge management? * Three views on the evolution of knowledge management * The role of knowledge claim evaluation in knowledge processing, or the difference between opinion, judgements, information, data, and real knowledge in knowledge management systems * Is culture a barrier in knowledge management? * The Open Enterprise and accelerated sustainable innovation * Portals * How should one evaluate KM software? * Intellectual Capital * Measuring the impact of KM initiatives on the organization and the bottom line * KM and terrorism * The first book to address head-on the central issues in Knowledge Management * Moves the discussion of knowledge management into the hot area of innovation * Charts the next generation of knowledge management thinking by the President of KMCI: the leading KM organization