Social network analysis (SNA) is a technique that is used to determine knowledge flows and gaps in mapping social networks for various knowledge types. Social Networking: The Essence of Innovation discusses how social networking and SNA can influence innovation in an organization through the presentation of a broad range of concepts, examples, and case studies. The book's initial chapters deal with developing personal knowledge networks, linking social networking to innovation and strategic intelligence, and exploring synergies among knowledge management, business intelligence, and...

President Bush's number-one management initiative for the federal government is the Strategic Management of Human Capital. This book addresses various government agencies that are required to develop a plan by 2005.

There are a myriad of books that have been published on knowledge management. However, very few of these books give the practical know-how of what truly is needed in the information professional/manager's mind: - How to make the decision whether knowledge management is right for you - How to explain the pros and cons of the various knowledge management alternatives/solutions - How to determine which knowledge management solution, if any, is the best fit with your organizational culture - How to explain the way to show the expected value-added benefits of using knowledge management - How to...

Many organizations are reluctant to invest in knowledge management (KM) and competitive intelligence (CI) initiatives for their company's use. This book discusses how value-added benefits can be derived from such efforts, with concepts and cases presented.

"The chapters in this volume offer useful case studies, technical roadmaps, lessons learned, and a few prescriptions to 'do this, avoid that.'"
-From the Foreword by Joe LaCugna, Ph.D., Enterprise Analytics and Business Intelligence, Starbucks Coffee Company

With the growing barrage of "big data," it becomes vitally important for organizations to make sense of this data and information in a timely and effective way. That's where analytics come into play. Research shows that organizations that use business analytics to guide their decision making are more productive and experience...

"Sharing knowledge is power." If ever there were a field to which this applies, it is the knowledge management industry. And in today's highly-competitive, fast-paced business world, corporations, businesses and organizations in both the public and private sectors are constantly searching for new cutting-edge methods and techniques for creating, storing, capturing, managing, organizing, distributing, combining, and retrieving knowledge. But the task of accomplishing such functions is not as simple as it sounds. Jay Liebowitz's Building Organizational Intelligence: A Knowledge Management...