An anthology of articles by prominent business people, academics and public-policy makers examining the key issues surrounding the economic impact of knowledge-based growth, including: preparing for the effects of technological change; understanding the change in traditional economic theory; how research and development will be affected; and who will be the knowledge police?

A collection of essays which provide an historical perspective on knowledge workers. The articles show how knowledge workers evolved from manufacturing and agricultural jobs whilst providing an insight into their future role. The essays are written by historians, sociologists, academics and economic experts.

Drawing on articles from the fields of information, library science and business management, this text focuses on the theme of knowledge and libraries' new role within corporations in the late 1990s.

This is the first knowledge book in the Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy Readers' series to link the two hot topics of knowledge and strategy. The book centers around the concept of treating organizational knowledge as a valuable strategy asset. Knowledge strategy is a natural extension of the historical development of business strategy in general. The book includes seminal articles on the subject as well as an introduction written by Michael Zack.

Links together knowledge and strategy
Seminal articles

Explaining how an organization's knowledge is enhanced through emerging technologies and work theories, this text contains articles on the convergence of modern management theory, emerging technologies and how they enable business change.

A discussion of the effective management of knowledge and intellect in business. It demonstrates that learning is crucial to knowledge management and shows the importance of distinguishing individual and collective learning processes.

The second in the readers' series, Resources for the Knowledge-Based E conomy, Knowledge In Organisations gives an overview of how knowledge is valued and used in organisations. It gives readers excellent ground ing in how best to understand the highest valued asset they have in th eir organisations.

This collection of essays examines how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer, innovation and learning. It draws upon 50 years of management thinking and presents issues facing knowledge-intensive organizations with examples from real management experience. The chapters are arranged thematically and discuss decision-making, organisation structure, innovation, strategic alliances and power relations. The study draws together the work of economists, sociologists, psychologists, management thinkers and practioners. Represented in this volume are the ideas of...

The third in the readers series Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge Management Tools analyzes the use of knowledge management tools in the past, present and future. It helps managers and companies utilize what they know. The selections in this volume 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 surrounding knowledge management, if utilized effectively tools can open up new realms of...

This text, which is one of a series, analyzes the link between the strategic and operational roles of intellectual capital in the organization.