Knowledge Networking: Creating the Collaborative Enterprise

Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2013.

1 online resource (330 p.)

Description based upon print version of record.. - Knowledge Networking Creating the collaborative enterprise; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART A: Setting the Context: An Interdependent World 1; 1 The networked knowledge economy; Old certainties no longer exist; The changing corporate landscape; Small business is big business; The demise of jobs; Continual reconfiguration; A paradigm shift; Five megatrends; Information and knowledge based; New knowledge industries; Networking and interdependence; Nodes and links; Networking - hard and soft; Innovation networks; Globalization; Global knowledge; The Internet (r)evolution. - 2 Knowledge: the strategic imperativeFad or fundamental?; The momentum of knowledge; Established roots; Knowledge is different; What is knowledge?; Characteristics of knowledge; The knowledge agenda; Two thrusts; Knowing what you know; Faster and better innovation; Seven levers of strategy; Customer knowledge; Knowledge in products and services; Knowledge in people; Knowledge in processes; Organizational memory; Knowledge in relationships; Knowledge as an asset; Knowledge processes; Knowledge conversion; Knowledge cycles; The knowledge opportunity; The power of combination. - Evolution of the InternetVirtualization; Making a virtue of virtuality; Technology - a fundamental driving force; The revolution continues; Sustainable trends; Telecommunications; The bandwidth bonanza; Convergence and connectivity; From computation to cognition; New economy, new rules; The unintelligent organization; Outsourcing and downsizing; Millennium myopia; Fragmented knowledge; Dangerous denials; Dynamic environments, new responses; New strategies, new structures; The innovation imperative; Knowledge networking; Summary; Points to ponder; PART B: Identifying Unbounded Opportunities. - The power of communityProven benefits; The challenge ahead; Summary; Points to ponder; 3 Technology: the knowledge enhancer; Knowledge tools; Knowledge repositories; Data warehouses; Document management; Online databases; Knowledge creation; Knowledge discovery; Data mining; Text mining; Visualization; Information gathering; Search engines; Intelligent agents; Customized information provision; Push vs pull; Knowledge development; Simulation and modelling; Guidance systems; Case-based reasoning; Collaborative technologies; Group decision support systems; Information persistence. - VideoconferencingGroupware; Intranets and the Internet; Five roles of collaborative technology; Integration and suites; The technology opportunity; Collaborative knowledge work; Information technology knowledge levers; The human challenge; Summary; Points to ponder; 4 Virtualization: networking knowledge globally; Three dimensions of virtualization; Rethinking location; Time shift and reduction; Flexible structures and processes; Virtualization recipes; Virtual products and services; Knowledge enrichment; Telework; The virtual office; The virtual corporation; Virtual operations; Virtual teams. - Virtual communities. - Knowledge Networking explains the strategic, organizational and human impact of technologies that support knowledge: the internet, groupware, collaborative technologies. It shows how they can transform organizational practices and help to improve both individual and team performances. Based on proven experience and includes customised toolkits, cases and action plans. From pooling expertise on a sales bid via computer referencing, to improving customer service using the flexible office, the author demonstrates how potential can become practice.<BR

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