A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing

ISBN-13: 9780750670616 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 242 str.

Dale Neef

Opis

It is said that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a time honoured cautionary statement that has suddenly acquired a new urgency. A little knowledge is dangerous, because as a force for dramatic change, knowledge in the modern world is revolutionary. More is known and being learned everyday than was ever known or learned before. As a direct result, the pace of change - and that means change in the sense of everything from business to economics, science, medicine, and politics - is beginning to accelerate much more rapidly than ever before in mankind's history. case for action for knowledge management-to explain what it is, why it has come about and why it is important. In this regard, we take a step back and try to understand that the root causes behind the knowledge management techniques are very different, and in many ways more important, than the sort of process or productivity improvement techniques we have dealt with before. emerging global economy. He provides a penetrating, trans-national perspective which highlights the historical, social and technological context within which this revolution is taking place. In doing so, he has stripped away the hype and jargon with which many knowledge management experts have clouded this structural change in the global economy.

Spis treści

* Trends of Our Times * the New World of the Knowledge-based Economy * Globalization and the Knowledge-based Economy * The Impact of Knowledge on Economics: Knowledge-based Growth and the Accelerated Pace of Change * Knowledge and the International Community *The New World Organization* So, Why Knowledge Management and Why Now? * New Pressures on the Social Fabric * Competing in the Global Knowledge-based Economy? * Conclusion: National Policy in the Knowledge Economy

O autorze

Dale Neef