| Strategic Knowledge Management Technology is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some understanding of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology to support knowledge work in the organization. This book applies the knowledge-based view of the firm that has established itself as an important perspective in strategic management.
This book provides insights into links between information technology and knowledge management that students will find vital to their professional success. The book also helps managers and professionals gain competitive advantage from knowledge management systems. It provides self-help for practitioners.
This book is designed to cover information technology and knowledge management in strategic management at colleges and universities. The book would be suitable for courses in IT, business information systems, knowledge management, and management studies. It can be considered an introductory text for management undergraduates and postgraduates that have a multi-disciplinary background.
In a larger business faculty, the text may find its way onto the highly / strongly recommended lists for lower-level, higher volume undergraduate classes. The IT dimension is important for business and management students.
Furthermore, this book would be very suitable for the MSc in knowledge and organization at some universities where information and knowledge management are being studied. The book would be suitable, indeed essential, for the new MSc in knowledge management at some universities where strategy and culture are the focus, but the IT side is an important aspect of both. |