The discipline of knowledge management (KM) is rapidly becoming established as
an essential course or module in both information systems and management programs around
the world. In addition, managers at all levels in industry and commerce often find the KM
subject area to be both intruiging and confusing.
Many KM texts suffer from pitching theoretical issues at too technical or high a level,
or from presenting a theoretical prescriptive treatment of knowledge or KM modeling
'problems.' The Knowledge Management Primer provides readers with an essential
understanding of approaches to KM by examining the purpose and nature of its key
components. The book aims to demystify the KM field by explaining in a precise, accessible
manner the key concepts of KM tools, strategies, and techniques, and their benefits to
contemporary organizations. Readers will find this book filled with approaches to managing
and developing KM that are underpinned by theory and research, which is integrative in
nature, and which address softer approaches in manifesting and recognizing knowledge.
142 pages, Paperback