| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 121 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Knowledge management and risk strategy
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-113) and index. |
| Summary |
"This book deals with knowledge management with an emphasis on knowledge risk, i.e., a general trend of knowledge value getting shorter and becoming temporary. The shortening of knowledge value lifespan will have a profound impact on companies? employment policies, and employees? strategies for gaining knowledge. How to manage knowledge selection, including personnel management, will be the key to survival for companies, when corporate competency shifts from stable business contacts to the quality of their offers, and when the value of knowledge, which is the foundation of products and services"--Publisher description. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The Era of Knowledge Selection; 1) The Current Situation of Employment and Work-Sharing in Japan; 2) The Dawn of a New Era; The development of digital and network technology; Shortened lifespan of knowledge; About the Authors; Akira Ishikawa; Isamu Naka; Part 1: THE END OF KNOWLEDGE STOCK AND THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE SELECTION RISK; Chapter 1: The Shift in the Definition of "Knowledge"; 1.1 TheRange of "Knowledge"; 1) The range of "knowledge" in engineering; 2) The range of "knowledge" in psychology; 3) The range of "knowledge" in management theories. |
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1.2 The Basic Nature of "Knowledge"Chapter 2: The Cost of Knowledge Transfer and the Motives Behind Knowledge Inheritance; 2.1 Knowledge Transfer System; 2.2 Two Costs of Knowledge Transfer Systems; 2.3 Examples of Knowledge Transfer Cost; 1) Cost of compulsory education; 2) Training investment in companies; 3) Qualification costs; 4) The relationship between knowledge transfer costs and knowledge inheritance; 2.4 Objectives of Knowledge Transfer; Chapter 3: Knowledge Transfer Selection; 3.1 Conditions of Knowledge Inheritance; 3.2 Occurrence of Knowledge Selection Opportunities. |
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1) Removing the obstacles to knowledge transfer2) Acceleration of knowledge distribution; 3) Shift of product choice from suppliers to consumers; 3.3 Examples of Knowledge Selection in Corporations; 3.4 Emerging Knowledge Selection Risk; 3.5 The Acceleration of the Shortening of Knowledge Life by the Evolution of IT Technologies; 1) Developments in the basic technology; 2) The birth of XML web services; Chapter 4: The Impact of Knowledge Selection; 4.1 The Effect of Knowledge Selection on Organizations; 4.2 The Conditions of the Lifetime Employment System. |
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1) Organizations with single knowledge2) Organizations with multiple knowledge (diversification); a) Negative effect of existing knowledge; b) Limited resources; c) Diversity of competitors; d) Investors' initiative; 4.3 New Behavior Pattern; Part 2: HOW TO MANAGE KNOWLEDGE SELECTION RISK; Chapter 1: Tasks of Knowledge Selection Society; Chapter 2: Visualization of Knowledge Demand; 2.1 The Current Situation; 2.2 Solutions (Supply Chain Management for Knowledge); 1) Standardization of knowledge; 2) Visualization of personnel information; 3) Supply chain management for knowledge. |
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4) Personnel suppliers and career planning advisorsChapter 3: Matching of Knowledge Supply and Demand; 3.1 The Current Situation; 3.2 Solutions (Personnel Supply Derivative Business); 1) Introduction of personnel supply derivative business; 2) Measures for career planning; Chapter 4: Securing the Time Cost of Knowledge Transfer; 4.1 The Current Situation; 4.2 Solutions; 1) Work-sharing as a measure to secure knowledge transfer time; 2) Diversified Working Patterns Type work-sharing (new lifestyles in the Netherlands); 3) Securing time cost by work-sharing schemes; 4) Work-sharing in Japan. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Knowledge management.
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Knowledge management. |
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Information technology -- Management.
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Information technology -- Management. |
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Risk management.
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Risk management. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Naka, Isamu.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ishikawa, Akira, 1934- Knowledge management and risk strategies. Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007 9789812568908 9812568905 (DLC) 2006050091 (OCoLC)70839821 |
| ISBN |
9789812706720 (electronic book) |
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9812706720 (electronic book) |
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9812568905 |
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9789812568908 |
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