| The Infinite Resource: Creating and Leading the Knowledge Enterprise Contributor(s): Halal, William E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0787910155 ISBN-13: 9780787910150 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $47.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: In all of history, there has been no resource resembling knowledge. Unlike commodities or industrial capital, knowledge is inexhaustible and only increases when shared. And now that the Knowledge Revolution has taken hold, organizations are scrambling to find ways to capture and leverage this most important of competitive advantages. In this unprecedented volume, nineteen of the best minds on business and government cut through the myriad myths and theories surrounding the knowledge phenomenon. Each offers today's shell-shocked managers and civic leaders a clear vision of how organizations must reinvent themselves to remain viable in the not-too-distant future--to thrive in a world remarkably different from the one we have come to know. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management - General - Business & Economics | Structural Adjustment - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
| Dewey: 658.406 |
| LCCN: 97033910 |
| Series: Jossey-Bass Business & Management |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.35" W x 9.3" (1.07 lbs) 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Harness the Boundless Power of Knowledge Take a fascinating glimpse into the not-too-distant future. In The Infinite Resource, seventeen visionary thinkers explore knowledge--the only inexhaustible source of competitive advantage--as the juggernaut of an remarkable new order whose advent is fast rAndering today's business conventions obsolete. Their incisive observations include up-to-the-minute examinations of knowledge-change initiatives currently under way at Bell Atlantic, MCI, Lufthansa, and other forward-thinking companies. Filled with fresh ideas, perspectives, and voices, it's a state-of-the-art appraisal of emerging organizational forms vital to anyone grappling with the challenges and possibilities posed by the Information Age. |