1st Edition

Knowledge Management and Organizational Design

By Paul S Myers Copyright 1997
    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    248 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Introduction; Knowledge and Decisions in Organisations; Knowledge Work and Knowledge Organisations; Knowledge and Business Innovation; Knowledge and Business Alliances; Managing Knowledge Workers; Knowledge, Work and Power.

    Biography

    S. Paul Myers