Examines the role that social capital plays in organizations. This book argues that social capital is integral to business life and that without it cooperative action isn't possible. It identifies the social elements that contribute to innovation and productivity, and reveals the benefits that derive from investments in social capital.

Part of the series, Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy , this work gives an overview of how knowledge is valued and used in organisations. It gives readers a grounding in how best to understand the highest valued asset they have in their organisations; and, describes the importance of knowledge to the organizations.

Establishes the vocabulary and concepts in the field of knowledge management. This book examines how various types of companies can understand, analyze, measure, and manage their intellectual assets, turning corporate wisdom into market value. It also presents an approach to catalogue and store knowledge.

Over the years, knowledge and learning have emerged as the keys to economic success and as a focus for thinking about organizational effectiveness and innovation. Aimed at those new to knowledge and learning, this work contains practical examples. It looks at the future of knowledge and learning.

Over the years, knowledge and learning have emerged as the keys to economic success and as a focus for thinking about organizational effectiveness and innovation. Aimed at those new to knowledge and learning, this work contains practical examples. It looks to the future of knowledge and learning.

Offers tools and frameworks for assessing the merits of the top business gurus, scanning and tracking emerging ideas in the marketplace, and distinguishing promising ideas from rhetoric. This book also covers refining ideas to suit organization's particular needs, packaging and selling the idea internally, and ensuring successful implementation.

Information technology spending in the US over the last decade is estimated at 3 trillion dollars, yet, by many accounts, has not worked. In this text, the author proposes a way of looking at information management which takes into account the total information environment within an organization.