Reaching for the knowledge edge how the knowing corporation seeks, shares & uses knowledge for strategic advantage

• Main Author: Hatten, Kenneth J (Author)
• Other Authors: Rosenthal, Stephen R
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Amacom 2001
• Subjects: Strategic planning; Knowledge management
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• Physical Description: xi, 240 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0814406343

Everyone in business talks about "knowledge" - knowledge-driven companies, knowledge as competitive advantage, knowledge as a key factor of a company's worth. But knowledge is still a hazy concept for most front-line managers - which is why this book is so important. It helps readers accurately determine the knowledge that really matters, and it explains how to capture that knowledge and "use it strategically" - to serve customers better, forge smart alliances, size up new market opportunities, fill gaps in critical competencies, and more. This book takes the esoteric field of "knowledge management" and makes it real and vital by linking it explicitly to strategy, supplying ground-level applications for this big-picture, strategic approach thereby helping managers get involved in cross-functional initiatives and form strategic partnerships with other companies. Unlike other books dealing with knowledge in a more generic way, this book looks at the specific "content and uses" of knowledge, giving it greater practical applications and a wider potential audience.