Knowledge Management Systems : Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge Management

Ronald Maier

ISBN 10: 3540205470 / ISBN 13: 9783540205470

Published by Springer-Verlag GmbH, 2004

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Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 635 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Knowledge Management Systems : Information and Communication Technologies for Knowledge Management
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag GmbH
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540205470
• ISBN 13: 9783540205470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book presents the many facets, concepts and theories that have influenced knowledge management and the state of practice concerning strategy, organization, systems and economics. The second edition updates the material to cover the most recent developments in ICT-supported knowledge management. It also provides a more coverage of its theoretical foundation including a new account of knowledge work, discusses the potentials and challenges of process-oriented knowledge management, adds a new chapter on modelling that plays an important role in knowledge management initiatives and contrasts architectures for centralized and distributed or peer-to-peer knowledge management systems.

From the Back Cover

Information and knowledge have profoundly transformed businesses, organizations and society. Knowledge management promises concepts and instruments that help organizations to provide an environment supportive of knowledge creation, sharing and application. Information and communication technologies are often regarded as the enabler for the effective and especially efficient implementation of knowledge management. The book presents an almost encyclopedic treatise of the many important facets, concepts and theories that have influenced knowledge management and integrates them into a framework consisting of strategy, organization, systems and economics guiding the design of successful initiatives. The third edition particularly extends coverage of the two pillars of implementing knowledge management initiatives, i.e. organization and systems