Performance Through Learning

Knowledge Management in Practice

Performance Through Learning on ScienceDirect(Opens new window)

Published: APR-2004
ISBN 10: 0-7506-7582-9
ISBN 13: 978-0-7506-7582-6
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN


By
Carol Gorelick, Co-founder of Solutions for Information & Management Services, Inc., a management consulting company
Kurt April, Senior Lecturer and Sainsbury Fellow at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Nick Milton, Ph.D., Vice President and co-founder of Knowledge Transformation International.

Description
Performance Through Learning is a practical guide to the key issues surrounding knowledge management from a human resource perspective and provides incisive insights into developing a strategy linked to organizational learning. The authors present a framework and model that practitioners within organizations can adapt to increase performance through learning using knowledge management tools. The book is divided into two parts and includes: *An overview of theory *Case studies and practitioner stories from a range of KM initiatives *Tools and techniques for implementing an effective KM strategy. Written by a respected international author team, the book provides an understanding of the theory that supports knowledge management in the current business environment. Drawing upon real-life examples across a variety of organizational settings, from large global financial and professional services firms, to multinational oil and mining companies, to a small charity in the voluntary sector

Included in series
Improving Human Performance

Audience:
HR professionals and managers, business school professors teaching general management courses


 
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