New Frontiers of Knowledge Management

This book defines the new frontiers in knowledge management. It contains thinking by respected authorities in the field of knowledge management, information systems, and strategic management. The chapters range in their orientation from those that are more humanistic in their treatment, and those that take an economic perspective. All contribute towards deepening our understanding of what the new problems associated with achieving the goals of knowledge management are, and present possible solutions to the problems. Topics covered include: knowledge visualization, knowledge markets, ubiquitous information environments, knowledge flow dynamics, knowledge integration in teams, personalizing delivery systems and knowledge security mechanism.

The New Frontiers in Knowledge Management; K.C.Desouza Science and Technology Knowledge Management; R.N.Kostoff Seeing Knowledge Plain: How to Make Knowledge Visible; L.Weiss & L.Prusak Personalizing Knowledge Delivery Services: A Conceptual Framework; A.Majchrzak, R.K.Chellappa & L.P.Cooper Securing Knowledge in Organizations; K.C.Desouza & G.K.Vanapalli Knowledge Markets: Knowledge Management through Market Mechanisms; Y.Awazu, S.Yamakawa & M.Umezawa Beyond the Transaction Perspective for Software Artifacts; C.Sørenson Measuring the Consequences of Ubiquitous Computing in Networked Organizations; Y.Yoo & K.Lyytinen The Collaborative Enterprise: Creating Competitive Capabilities; D.J.Skyrme Toward Designing Organizations around Knowledge Flows; M.E.Nissen Exploring the Variation in Project Team Knowledge Integration Competency; S.Newell, S.Adams, M.Crary, P.Glidden, V.LaFarge & A.Nurick The Role of Incentives in Knowledge Management: How to Enhance Knowledge Transfer; R.Evaristo Innocuous Knowledge: Models of Distributed Knowledge Networks; M.K.Pedersen & M.H.Larsen

SUSAN ADAMS Associate Professor of Management, Bentley College, USA YUKIKA AWAZU Co-Founder & Vice-President, The Engaged Enterprise, USA RAMNATH K.CHELLAPPA Assistant Professor of Information systems, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA LYNNE P.COOPER Senior Engineer, JPL, USA MARCY CRARY Associate Professor of Management, Bentley College, USA ROBERTO EVARISTO Assistant Professor in the Information and Decision Services Department, University of Illinois, USA PRISCILLA GLIDDEN Teaching Professor, Bentley College, USA RONALD NEIL KOSTOFF Former Manager of the Navy Laboratory Independent Research Program, Office of Naval Research, USA VICKI LAFARGE Chair of the Management Department, Bentley College, USA MICHAEL HOLM LARSEN Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark KALLE LYYTINEN Iris S. Wolstein Professor, Case Western Reserve University, USA ANN MAJCHRZAK Professor of Information Systems, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA SUE NEWELL Cammarata Chair of Management, Bentley College, USA MARK E. NISSEN Associate Professor of Information Systems and Management, Naval Postgraduate School, USA AARON NURICK Wilder Professor of Management and Psychology, Bentley College, USA MOGENS KÜHN PEDERSEN Professor of Informatics, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark LARRY PRUSAK Former Founder and Executive Director, IBM Institute for Knowledge MANAGEMENT (IKM), USA DAVID J.SKYRME Management Consultant, USA CARSTEN SØRENSON Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, London School of Economics, UK MASASHI UMEZAWA Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Daito Bunka University, Japan GANESH KUMAR VANAPALLI Director of Information Technology, Naval Headquarters, India LEIGH WEISS Consultant, McKinsey's Knowledge Strategy and Operations, USA SHIGETAKA YAMAKAWA Senior Media Researcher, Media Planning Department, Dentsui Inc. Kansai, Japan YOUNGJIN YOO Lewis-Progressive Professor in Information Systems Department, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, USA.