Knowledge Management Tools (Resources for the Knowledge-Based
Economy)
by Rudy L. Ruggles (Editor)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments (vii)
- Tools for Knowledge Management: An Introduction
PART ONE Knowledge and Technology
- Information Processing in Computer and Man (1964) by Herbert Simon
- Why Computers May Never Think Like People by Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus
- How Many Bulldozers for an Ant Colony? by Daniel Crevier
PART TWO Knowledge Generation
- Information Systems and the Stimulation of Creativity by David Bawden
- The Light of Discovery by George Johnson
PART THREE Knowledge Codification
- Information Retrieval and Cognitive Authority
- Humans, Machines, and the Structure of Knowledge by Harry M. Collins
PART FOUR Knowledge Transfer
- Collaborative Tools: A First Look by Michael Schrage
- Knowledge Synthesis and Computer-Based Communication Systems: Changing Behaviors and
Concepts by Kathleen Vian and Robert Johansen
PART FIVE Implementation
- Implementing and Integrating New Technical Processes and Tools by Dorothy Leonard-Barton
- Learning from Notes: Organizational Issues in Groupware Implementation by Wanda J.
Orlikowski
- Cosmos vs. Chaos: Sense and Nonsense in Electronic Contexts by Karl Weick
- Future: A Knowledge-Based System for Threat Assessment by R J. Dejongh, K. J. Carden,
and N. A. Rogers
PART SIX What Next?
- Webs of Cognition by Daniel McNeill and Paul Freiberger
- Into the Future by Stan Franklin
Reviews
Midwest Book Review
Knowledge Management Tools is a unique collection of articles that provides answers to
questions such as: What are the tools of the Knowledge Era?; How can technology help
knowledge generation, codification, and transfer?; What are key considerations as such
tools are implements? What might the future hold for the augmentation an automation of
knowledge work? The selections in Knowledge Management Tools were carefully chosen to
represent the strengths and weaknesses, and pros and cons of using technology to support
knowledge-based activities. They acknowledge that, although tools alone are not the answer
to the difficult questions surround knowledge management, if utilized effectively tools
can open up new realms of innovation and efficiency for today's knowledge-driven
businesses. Knowledge Management Tools is critically useful reading for anyone with
management responsibilities in today's information driven business world.
Book Description
A unique collection of articles that provides some answers to questions such as What
are the tools of the Knowledge Era and How can technology help knowledge generation,
codification, and transfer? Paper. DLC: Information resources management.
A
reader from New England , July 5, 1999
Just republished content; very little value added !!
Merely a republication of articles from other books.
There is really nothing new here. This repackages older material and adds almost no
value to the KM literature, except that it puts some old articles all in one place. The
most recent paper is from 1995. Most of the 15 other papers are much older. The real
work in putting this title together was reading some articles and then negotiating the
rights to republish them.
The author is an Ernst and Young KM consultant who read some articles and then slapped
on what he thought were appropriate section titles on various chapters. He provides an
8-page introduction that puts a KM wrapper to the original papers. The value is
provided exclusively by others.
This felt like a scam promulgated by the publisher or the consultant who wanted a title
to their credit. I was expecting some serious value-added by the author. I was seriously
disappointed.
It would have been better as a review article covering the articles that were
republished.
Amazon should have a "zero stars" or "one-half star" rating for
titles like this.
