Knowledge at Work
Creative Collaboration in the Global Economy
1. Auflage Oktober 2006
296 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This book's unique perspective stems from its "knowledge
diamond" framework to examine how individuals, communities,
organizations and host industries reciprocally influence each other
in the course of knowledge work.
* * This highly topical book focuses on work-based projects as a
focus for organizational learning.
* Establishes the link between individual, community,
organization and industry learning.
* Suggests that organizations need to recognise and understand
this link if they are to capitalize on project-based
learning.
* Incorporates material on project-based learning in virtual
communities.
* Refers to different examples, such as the film industry, the
software industry and the boat building industry.
* Includes end-of-chapter questions provoking reflection and
discussion.
1: Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Work.
2: Individual Knowledge at Work.
3: Community Knowledge at Work.
4: Organizational Knowledge at Work.
5: Industry Knowledge at Work.
6: Projects and Knowledge Work.
7: Virtual Knowledge Work.
8: Global Knowledge and Learning.
9: Intellectual Property in Knowledge Work.
10: Participating in the Knowledge Economy.
Bibliography.
Index
with a fresh and lively account of the crucial links among workers,
knowledge work, and economic performance. Given the
multi-dimensional character of the topic, they do not provide all
the answers but they pose questions and guide the reader forward.
This book sets the agenda on the knowledge-based economy and the
complex relations that drive it." Michael Best, University of
Massachusetts Lowell
"This book provides an extraordinary integration of literature
on knowledge work, accompanied by a large number of cases and
stories to illustrate underlying ideas. I can think of no book that
offers such a stimulating and thought-provoking blend of theory and
practice. Both present and future managers will greatly enjoy this
book." Lars Lindkvist, Linköping University
"Both scholarly and streetwise, this book does a great job in
showing what knowledge work means for the lives of the people who
do it, and the performance of the organizations that try to manage
it." Harry Scarborough, University of Warwick
"A very impressive account of 'knowledge at work' on
several levels of analysis: individual, organization, industry, and
community; that successfully connects with managerial practice"
Joerg Sydow, Free University of Berlin
"This book provides unique insights into the drivers behind the
knowledge economy, showing how individuals, groups, organizations
and industries create and use knowledge. It provides an important
and highly readable contribution to contemporary understanding of
knowledge and learning processes." David Gann, Imperial
College London
"For those of us wilting under the weight of new publications on
knowledge and knowledge management this book provides a welcome
refuge in what is a busy, crowded and often confusing zone. Not
only does it provide a broad ranging and thorough review of the key
issues, but it also challenges the reader to reflect on them
chapter by chapter. The book recognises what too many others
don't that all the company procedures and IT-based knowledge
management systems are just tools and that people are at the centre
of the knowledge based economy. The strength of the book lies in
its grounding in real work examples and in its consistent use of a
framework - the knowledge diamond - which highlights
the interdependencies of four key participants in knowledge work:
individuals, communities, organizations and industries. It should
be useful to both knowledge workers themselves and those that study
them." Dr Tim Brady, University of Brighton
the Center for Innovation and Change Leadership at Suffolk
University, Boston.
Michael B. Arthur is Professor of Management at Suffolk
University, Boston.
Valerie J. Lindsay is Associate Professor in
International Business at Victoria University, Wellington, New
Zealand.
