Managing Knowledge: An Essential Reader (Published in association with The Open University)

Knowledge management is a topic of increasing popularity in management and organization studies, with new components being developed and taught at most universities today. This new Reader will provide the essential ingredients to students and academics for use on such courses, with a full introduction to the area and to the key readings included. Managing Knowledge: An Essential Reader combines key theoretical papers, critical case studies and newly written chapters to place knowledge management in the context of an emerging global economy. This essential course Reader offers a critical overview of underlying theory as well as a range of relevant examples from a global perspective. It will be essential reading on knowledge management courses.