The Infinite Resource
Creating and Leading the Knowledge Enterprise
1. Edition January 1998
284 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Harness the Boundless Power of Knowledge
Take a fascinating glimpse into the not-too-distant future. In The
Infinite Resource, seventeen visionary thinkers explore
knowledge--the only inexhaustible source of competitive
advantage--as the juggernaut of an remarkable new order whose
advent is fast rAndering today's business conventions obsolete.
Their incisive observations include up-to-the-minute examinations
of knowledge-change initiatives currently under way at Bell
Atlantic, MCI, Lufthansa, and other forward-thinking companies.
Filled with fresh ideas, perspectives, and voices, it's a
state-of-the-art appraisal of emerging organizational forms vital
to anyone grappling with the challenges and possibilities posed by
the Information Age.
The Economic Imperatives of Knowledge: New Organizations for a
New Era.
CREATING THE INTERNAL ENTERPRISE SYSTEM.
A Small Government Solution to Big City Problems.
Transforming Organizations into Market Economies.
Reintroducing Alcoa to Economic Reality.
Market-Based Management at Koch Industries.
Lufthansa Soars on Internal Markets.
FORMING A NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE ALLIANCES.
Knowledge Companies.
The Spherical Network organization.
The Age of the Network.
Novell's Ten- Thousand- Piece Puzzle.
Managing the Virtual Organization.
LEVERAGING KNOWLEDGETH AN INTELLIGENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
Our Vision of the Information Superhighway.
Taking a Byte Out of Bureaucracy.
Welcome to the Revolution.
The Intelligent Organization.
An Advertising Agency Without Walls.
Riding the Information Tiger.
technology to enlighten us all on the nature and possibilities of
the new world we are careening into." (Richard D. Lamm, former
governor of Colorado and director, Center for Public Policy and
Contemporary Issues, University of Denver)
"The Infinite Resource shows that the essential tools for future
success are already within the reach of every organization. Halal
and his contributors make a compelling case for leveraging
knowledge by engaging everyone in the sharing of this vital asset.
In today's global economy, enterprises that fail to draw on this
ready resource will be overtaken by their competition." (Norman R.
Augustine, chairman, Lockheed Martin Corporation)
"Halal and his colleagues have produced a brilliant and important
book. For all of us who want to understand the implications for
leadership and managing change in today's hyper-spastic turbulence
of the cyberspace age, this book is required reading." (Warren
Bennis, distinguished professor of business, University of Southern
California)
"Provides life-sized, real-world examples of the issues faced by
public and private organizations trying to make sense of today's
turbulent environment. Halal has more than assembled leading-edge
thinkers and practitioners; he has given them a forum in which to
tell their own stories in their own words." (Laurence Prusak,
managing principal and worldwide knowledge management competency
leader, IBM Consulting)
"My candidate for best business book of the year. A groundbreaking
work, a treasure house of insights into the Information Revolution
that is transforming business, government, and human life. Halal
has assembled top experts to not only guide our understanding, but
to provide practical advice on how to benefit from the
extraordinary opportunities this infinite resource is creating."
(Edward Cornish, president, World Future Society, and editor, The
Futurist)