Knowledge economies and knowledge work /

• Main Authors: LaFayette, Bill (Author), Curtis, Wayne (Author), Bedford, Denise (Author), Iyer, Seema (Author)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: Working methods for knowledge management
• Subjects: Knowledge management.; Intellectual capital > Economic aspects.; Knowledge economy.; Economic development.; Business & Economics > Knowledge Capital.

Our global economy is going through a major transformation, from an industrial economy, to a knowledge economy, rendering knowledge a primary factor in production. In this practical, real-world focused book, expert authors Bill LaFayette, Wayne Curtis, Denise Bedford and Seema Iyer come together to...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Knowledge economy 1. How the economic landscape is changing
• 2. How the knowledge economy works
• 3. The knowledge economy: its implications for organizations, work and workers
• 4. How your world is changing
• Part II: Building the new knowledge capital
• 5. Knowledge capital : the big picture
• 6. Human capital : definitions and growth
• 7. Structural capital : definitions and growth
• 8. Relational and network capital : definitions and growth
• Part III: How the knowledge economy affects organizations and individuals
• 9. How work changes
• 10. How management changes
• 11. How human resource management changes
• 12. How learning and training changes
• Part IV: Stories of place in a knowledge economy
• 13. Role of place in growing and leveraging knowledge capital
• 14. Business stories of knowledge capital.