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Comprehensive reference work on knowledge management and
organisation and looks at different thematic aspects of knowledge
management competencies Provides in depth look at cultures and how
cultures affect the success of knowledge management Includes
innovation as key driver of knowledge management
This book explores how public organizations and not-for-profit
organizations (NPO) can be more collaborative, innovative and
effective in solving social issues in both developing and developed
countries. "Social innovation," led by social entrepreneurs and/or
social enterprises, emerged in the late 1990s, and spread in 2000s.
As the West faced management failures, demand increased for
corporations to take on more social responsibility. Based on
intensive research on social innovation processes at the municipal
and the community level in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand,
Vietnam, and Japan, the book analyses the factors that affected the
most effective and efficient social innovations.
This book presents a new paradigm of innovative governments in
Asia, at the municipal, regional and national levels, based on the
knowledge creation theory in management, and leading to
organizational transformation and policy reform in public
administration. Focusing on Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand,
Vietnam, and Japan, the book is based on the findings of a joint
research project established to identify the factors that impact
the effectiveness or performance of public administration by
applying the knowledge-based management theory that originates in
private sectors to public sector management.
The creation and management of knowledge has become a central concern to business and management, both as a source of value and as an opportunity to achieve and sustain competitive advantage. This new book brings together leading thinkers in the area of knowledge and innovation management in a state of the art collection of studies in this field.
High-velocity change is the fundamental challenge facing companies
today. Few companies, however, are prepared to continuously
innovate-because they focus on the short-term and do not emphasize
the wisdom needed to make sure that their interests are aligned
with those of society. Practical wisdom is the bases of continuous
innovation, where companies ceaselessly and repeatedly creating new
knowledge, disseminating it throughout the organization, and
converting knowledge to action over time. In The Wise Company,
legendary management experts Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
highlight how various companies have confronted the challenge of
rapid change to create new products and new ways of doing business
that benefit employees, consumers, and society. The key: a
relentless self-renewal process where companies realize the future
they envisions, rather than only responding to changes in the
environment. Nonaka and Takeuchi argue that while
knowledge-creating companies focusing on tacit and explicit
knowledge can generate innovation, they cannot create it on a
continuous and ongoing basis without having wisdom about human
interactions and how they influence organizational structures and
practices. Companies that have resilience, longevity, and
sustainability share a number of characteristics, Nonaka and
Takeuchi show. Strategies are based on alignment of organizational
and societal benefits. Leaders grasp the core of any situation or
problem quickly, and intuitively comprehend the nature and meaning
of people, things, and events. But wise leadership is not enough:
wisdom must infuse the organization through informal as well as
formal shared interactions and communications that focus on
metaphors and stories that convey the essence and meaning of
strategies and actions. In short, Nonaka and Takeuchi demonstrate
how continuous innovation results from companies ceaselessly and
repeatedly creating new knowledge, disseminating knowledge
throughout the organization, and converting that knowledge to
action. The Wise Company presents a new model of knowledge-creation
and practice for the twenty-first century.
This book offers a meditation on the links between philosophy and
its implementation, interpreting why and how a leader's
"philosophy" strengthens his action predicated on the purposeful
vision of life; and discusses the a hypothesis that performance
control in management may be driven by transcendental and intrinsic
motivations, contrasting with the traditional management control
theory. It construes how Inamori's management philosophy
disciplines accounting and finance management towards putting its
basic tenets into practice. Examining, in particular, the history
of Kyocera, the authors provide a contemplative look at a human
centric philosophy, which will be of interest to scholars of
management, corporate executives, and economists with a
philosophical bent.
This book, by one of world's most innovative business scholars and
a pioneering philosopher of Edmund Husserl, creatively applies
insights from neuroscience, philosophy of experience called
"phenomenology" to highly successful and intuitive method of
business management. Based on phenomenological insights, they argue
that empathy and intuition are as central, if not more, to the
success of business innovation or strategy as an objective and
analytic approach to business thinking and practice. To clarify how
intuition works and why it is so essential, this book delves into
the mechanism of empathy and human consciousness and how to take
advantage of it for business practice. By incorporating new
understandings from neuroscience and AI research, they proposes an
organizational structure and a way of strategizing to embrace human
innovation in its full complexity to lead business scholars,
managers, and entrepreneurs to their own success in business.
Managing Industrial Knowledge illuminates the complex processes at work in the creation and successful transfer of corporate knowledge. It is now generally recognized that the competitive advantages of firms depends on their ability to build, utilize and protect knowledge assets. In this volume many of the foremost international authors and pioneers of the study of knowledge in firms present their latest work and insights into organizational knowledge and innovation. In a world where markets, products, technologies, competitors, regulations, and even societies change rapidly, continuous innovation and the knowledge that produces innovation have become key. The chapters in this keynote volume shed new light on the contextual factors in knowledge creation, the links between knowledge and innovation in all aspects of business life and the processes by which these may be fostered or lost in organizations.
Managing Industrial Knowledge illuminates the complex processes at work in the creation and successful transfer of corporate knowledge. It is now generally recognized that the competitive advantages of firms depends on their ability to build, utilize and protect knowledge assets. In this volume many of the foremost international authors and pioneers of the study of knowledge in firms present their latest work and insights into organizational knowledge and innovation. In a world where markets, products, technologies, competitors, regulations, and even societies change rapidly, continuous innovation and the knowledge that produces innovation have become key. The chapters in this keynote volume shed new light on the contextual factors in knowledge creation, the links between knowledge and innovation in all aspects of business life and the processes by which these may be fostered or lost in organizations.
Pragmatism is enjoying a renaissance in management studies and the
social sciences. Once written off as amoral, relativist and opposed
to the ideals of Truth, Reason and Progress, it is now regaining
influence in public policy, international relations and business
strategy. But what can pragmatism teach us about strategy? How can
pragmatic strategies help businesses to succeed? This innovative
book presents a pragmatic framework for shaping and solving
strategic problems in a practical, creative, ethical and finely
balanced manner. To achieve this, the authors draw from Confucian
teaching, American pragmatism and Aristotelian practical wisdom, as
well as business cases across industries and nations, particularly
from emerging economies. With significant theoretical depth, direct
practical implication and profound cultural sensitivity, the book
is useful for executive managers, public administrators, strategy
researchers and advanced students in the search for pragmatic
strategies in an interconnected, fast-moving world.
This book brings together the research of a number of researchers in the field of knoledge ceation and imparts a sense of order to that field.
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