TY - BOOK ID - 85643419 TI - Managing knowledge networks PY - 2009 SN - 0511700075 1107206243 9786612388804 1282388800 0511641044 0511810563 0511641729 0511639287 0511638213 0511640366 0521514541 0521735521 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Online information services. KW - Expert systems (Computer science) KW - Knowledge-based systems (Computer science) KW - Systems, Expert (Computer science) KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Computer systems KW - Soft computing KW - Electronic information services KW - On-line information services KW - Online services (Information services) KW - Information services KW - Business, Economy and Management KW - Business Management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85643419 AB - The information context of the modern organization is rapidly evolving in the face of intense global competition. Information technologies, including databases, new telecommunications systems, and software for synthesizing information, make a vast array of information available to an ever expanding number of organizational members. Management's exclusive control over knowledge is steadily declining, in part because of the downsizing of organizations and the decline of the number of layers in an organizational hierarchy. These trends, as well as issues surrounding the Web 2.0 and social networking, mean that it is increasingly important that we understand how informal knowledge networks impact the generation, capturing, storing, dissemination, and application of knowledge. This innovative book provides a thorough analysis of knowledge networks, focusing on how relationships contribute to the creation of knowledge, its distribution within organizations, how it is diffused and transferred, and how people find it and share it collaboratively. ER -