Selected Books review

The Knowledge Management Manual

Presentation Knowledge Management is a key challenge for enterprises of any size : KM help to enhance corporate efficiency and productivity, enabling collaboration strategies based on shared knowledge and collective creativity. Although decision makers understand the benefits of KM, the concept still encompass many complicated issues. Additionally, the return on investment from a KM (...)

Interview with the author

Interview with the author Understand and implement 2nd generation KM. Q1 Knowledge Management (KM) enables enterprises to enter the Knowledge Society. Can you tell us what the Knowledge Society is ? The knowledge society My book presents two major characteristic of the Knowledge Society : When knowledge is fully integrated in corporate processes, tools and organizations, it becomes a (...)

Territories management in a networked environment

Methods and insights on how to leverage local assets in a networked, IT connected environment Tools and tips for a sucessful change management Real world experiences Enabling citizen to be at the very core of a public service policy means above all design a new territory, based on common projects and expectations. The challenge that are facing today government organization at a local (...)

The Knowledge-Creating Company

de Nonaka et Takeuchi Ce livre fait partie des ouvrages de management les plus importants publiés ces dix dernières années Il permet de comprendre comment une organisation crée du savoir et utilise ce savoir pour innover en matière de produits ou de processus. Bien sûr, la plupart des dirigeants reconnaissent qu'il est important d'encourager la création de savoir. Cependant, rares sont ceux qui (...)

Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice

by Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder Although communities of practice develop organically, a carefully crafted design can drive their evolution. In this excerpt from a new book, the authors detail seven design principles.The payoff ? Knowledge management that works. Seven principles for cultivating communities of practice In Silicon Valley, a community of circuit (...)