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The authors of this book advance the Appreciative Sharing of
Knowledge (ASK), a unique approach by which organizations create a
culture that facilitates the sharing of information. Using social
constructionist approaches, historical data, and case studies, the
authors demonstrate that appreciation - or affirmation - is the key
ingredient for people to trust each other and overcome their
inhibitions and concerns about sharing what they know. The
hyper-competitive culture of many organizations has created a
knowledge-hoarding climate that many firms struggle to change. The
ASK process can reinvent, in a sustainable manner, how we think
about organizing knowledge. By linking practices, artifacts,
technologies and managerial skills, the ASK model offers a
management framework for a wide range of enterprises. One of the
basic tenets put forth is that if knowledge is shared
appreciatively, managing knowledge will no longer be an issue. The
authors expand on the concept of appreciation and illustrate how
systems can be created to institutionalize knowledge sharing. In
addition, they give examples of organizations that have planted the
seeds for the exchange to happen. Academics and practitioners in
the fields of knowledge management and organizational behavior and
development will find this innovative study of great value. The
findings will also be of great practical use for managers and
executives in a variety of firms.
This volume is focused on sustainable value which has become a
widespread aspiration in all walks of life. By taking a generative
approach and by building on positive design principles inherent in
the appreciative inquiry methodology, it proposes moving from
sustainable development to sustainable value. Chapters focus on
three thematic areas for sustainable value: positive design,
appreciative intelligence and social innovation, and social
entrepreneurship. Contributions respond to questions such as: How
can the design approach help enhance the sustainable value over
profit value? And what needs to happen to create a vibrant
community of practice among design practitioners, scientists,
business and political leaders? Case studies show that by reframing
global problems with an appreciative lens, organizations of all
sorts can indeed create social innovation and even establish a
business case for sustainable value. It provides lessons learned
from high impact social entrepreneurship and conceptualizes how
this nascent movement with unbridled potential may contribute to
the radical shift necessary for moving from sustainable development
to sustainable value.
India has become a highly visible participant in the information
communication technology (ICT) industry. Since the 1990s, it has
been one of the fastest growing economies in the world, emerging as
the most watched test of global capitalism. The contributors to
this volume examine how the ICT-driven development of India appears
to have skipped the middle stages of the traditional economic
development models and leapfrogged directly to the final stage
whereby growth is mostly technologically driven. Information
Communication Technology and Economic Development reveals new
insights regarding the complex process of globalization. It shows
how the generation and circulation of intellectual capital in the
US and India in ICT have led to greater productivity in the US
while facilitating the economic development of India. Most
industrialized nations now see the vast intellectual capital-based
services that India provides at extremely competitive rates as key
to their own national competitiveness in the global arena. The
contributors' findings suggest that India's ICT-led growth will
accelerate in the next ten years, launching India as a major global
economic power next to the US and China. This provocative and
timely volume will be a necessary read for students and scholars of
international business, public policy, economic development,
management and strategy as well as all those interested in the
impact of globalization on national and regional economies.
True knowledge sharing in organizations occurs less regularly than
most of us think. What can be done to help create a system in which
people share the internal "know-how" unique to each organization?
In this contribution to change management, Tojo Thatchenkery
describes a brand new methodology called Appreciate Sharing of
Knowledge ASK] and provides a step-by-step tool kit for anyone
interested in knowledge management. Using the most recent research,
Thatchenkery shows how "appreciation" is the missing link in
facilitating knowledge sharing. By systematically and intentionally
creating an appreciative climate in organizations, leaders and
practitioners can deal with change with least resistance and
leverage the "tacit knowledge" that is essential for competitive
advantage. Written in lucid, jargon-free language, this book is a
must-read for anyone interested in the most recent approaches to
dealing with change and creating a robust knowledge management
architecture in organizations.
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