Knowledge Horizons charts the feasible future for knowledge management. This practical and provocative resource presents the work of many of the leading voices in knowledge management and related disciplines, who explore the current trends and offer pragmatic and authoritative thinking on applied knowledge management from a variety of positions. Knowledge management is the new frontier for businesses, organizations, and institutions of all kinds. For those that hope to conquer this new territory, establishing a better understanding of current and future knowledge management trends and adoption of the most effective practices is imperitive. There are numerous options for executives: intranets, extranets, groupware, and core competencies are continually being refined. New entitites and rules in terms of intellectual capital and the "Chief Knowledge Officer" are emerging. Knowledge Horizons addresses these issues by exploring current and future knowledge management trends, gauging the future value of knowledge management investments, and how they will drive new business initiatives, and integrates the experience and insights of managers and cutting-edge research from experts in the field.

Charles Despres, Daniele Chauvel

Knowledge Management- What Is It?; Part 1 Knowledge Management: An Emerging Discipline Rooted in a Long History; Part 2 Shifts in the World Economy: The Drivers of Knowledge Management; Part 3 A Thematic Analysis of the Thinking in Knowledge Management; Part 4 Knowledge-Intensive Management; Part 5 Dynamic Business Systems for Knowledge Creation and Utilization; Part 6 Tools for Knowledge Management; Part 7 Managing Knowledge A sets in Diverse Industrial Contexts; Part 8 Managing Knowledge Systems; Part 9 Knowledge-Intensive Organizations; Part 10 Desiging for Business Benefits from knoeledge Management; Part 11 What Do We Know About CKOs?; Part 12 Communities of Practice: The Structure of Knowledge Stewarding; Part 13 Knowledge Transfer in Strategic Alliances; Part 14 The social Ecology of Knowledge Management; Part 15 Toward the Future; Part 16 The New Organizations: Managing Multiple Arenasfor Knowledge Creation; Part 17 Managing Knowledge in Adaptive Enterprises; Part 18 New Metrics: Does It All Add Up?;