Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management Adaptation and Context
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Edited by Anders Örtenblad, Professor of Work Life Science, University of Agder, Norway<i>‘I heartily recommend that those for whom the KM area is meaningful come at this volume hammer and tongs, challenge it, and make it groan. It merits that degree of respect.’</i>
- Management Learning,
<i>‘The</i> Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management Adaptation and Context
- Murray E Jennex, International Journal of Knowledge Management,
<i>‘This knowledge management </i>Handbook<i> is an excellent addition to the knowledge management literature. As the </i>Handbook <i>is very international in its approach, it will be an excellent resource for international policy analysts wanting to know more about knowledge management and scholars and practitioners wanting to update and further extend their understanding of knowledge management in the international context.’</i>
- Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business Review,
<i>‘Knowledge Management as a popular management movement is about 25 years old and unsurprisingly it has inspired many theories, practices and methods. So much so, that it is sometimes difficult to define what it stands for. The </i>Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management<i> is an interesting and innovative volume that has appealing features to add to the discussion. It is consistently interesting, has a very wide diversity of contributing scholars and practitioners and has several useful and informative chapters on actual knowledge practices and situations. It also offers historical reflections as well as its own contingency theory of how to best go about working with knowledge. All in all this </i>Handbook<i> is a fine and original contribution to the literature.’ </i>
- Laurence Prusak, founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Knowledge Management,
The starting point for discussion centers around establishing a common definition for knowledge management, a concept that has remained nebulous since its inception. Expert contributions examine the relevance of this common definition within various contexts, such as Buddhist organizations, law firms, the army and indigenous organizations. The contributors explore how knowledge management could be effectively applied in these very diverse contexts. Some contributors analyze the universality of Ikujiro Nonaka s concept of knowledge management. Other contributors suggest alternative definitions of knowledge management. While previous literature has primarily focused on how knowledge management is practiced currently, this Handbook sets out alternative visions and conceptualizations of knowledge management in diverse settings and is, thus, focused on how knowledge management ideally should be practiced in various contexts.
This Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management will appeal as a point of reference for academics and students of business and management, business administration, sociology and organizational behavior. Practitioners, managers and business-owners alike will also find this an invaluable resource.
Contributors: C. Abrahamson Löfström, A. Ahmad, E. Antonacopoulou, D.A. Blackman, O. Chang, D. Coldwell, D.J. Delgado-Hernández, J.S. Edwards, C. Filstad, A. Fried, T. Garavan, M. Glisby, P. Gottschalk, S. Harris, N. Holden, J. Hong, S.-W. Hsu, C. Mak, R. McDermott, D. McDowall, A. Mitra, K. Moon, E. Murphy, P.S. Myers, G. Neumann, P. Ngulube, F. O'Brien, A. Örtenblad, X. Ruan, A. Rynne, S.D Sarre, R. Snell, C. Stilwell, S. Talbot, E. Tandi Lwoga, E. Tomé, J. Van Beveren