Towards Knowledge Portals: From Human Issues to Intelligent Agents (Information Science and Knowledge ... B. Detlor Springer, 2004 Adopting an informational perspective towards knowledge work, this book investigates how enterprise portals can promote knowledge creation, distribution, and use. Moving beyond the design and delivery of portals as mere information retrieval tools, an enterprise portal is viewed as a shared information work space that can facilitate communication and collaboration among organizational workers, as ...             The Knowing Organization: How Organizations Use Information to Construct Meaning, Create Knowledge, and Make ...3 reviews Chun Wei Choo Oxford University Press, USA, 2005 An invaluable introduction for HR and IT professionals. + An informative, information-packed book! + one of the original works on organizations "This book brings together", Chun Wei Choo writes, "the insight developed from research in organization theory and information science into a generel framework for understanding the richness and complexity of information use in organizations. Research in organization theory suggests that ...             Mastering Information Management1 review Donald Marchand, Thomas H Davenport, ... Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2000 The latest thoughts on Information Technology management I picked up this book because it seemed to be the best current book about the state of the art of Information Technology management. It contains short easy to read articles on topics ranging from Supply Chain, Knowledge Management and eCommerce written by some IT gurus including many academics, ...             Corporate Portals: Revolutionizing Information Access to Increase Productivity and Drive the Bottom Line19 reviews Heidi Collins AMACOM, 2000 Separating Reality from the Hype... + A comprehensive portal approach + Excellent portal overview + Corporate Portals - A Must Read             Proven Portals: Best Practices for Planning, Designing, and Developing Enterprise Portals (Addison-Wesley ...7 reviews Dan Sullivan Addison-Wesley Professional, 2003 Proven Portals - practical and balanced + Proven Portals Review + An explanation of portals at the level of managers + Vendor independent portal information             Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning, and Identity8 reviews Etienne Wenger Cambridge University Press, 1999 excellent conceptual thinking + Fascinating and Unusual approach to Learning + Thought Provoking + A foundation book that helps to put KM in perspective + brilliant             The Intelligent Enterprise: Theoretical Concepts and Practical Implications (Contributions to Management ... Markus J. Thannhuber Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 2004 Today's enterprises have to continuously extend their operational limits to earn profit, thrive and prosper. Over time evolution led to the development of two concepts to master this challenge: intelligence and knowledge. This work introduces a system theoretic perspective on enterprises, regarding them as natural living systems formed by evolutional forces. Intelligence and knowledge manifest in ...             Enterprise Information Portals and Knowledge Management (KMCI Press)2 reviews Joseph M. Firestone Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002 Portals AND KM This excellent book is designed to introduce the reader to portal technology and architecture, give him or her an explanation of the leading portal products, and show how well they deliver the promise of facilitating knowledge management within organizations. It succeeds very well in this, and ...             Information Management For The Intelligent Organization: The Art Of Scanning The Environment (Asis Monograph ...2 reviews Chun Wei Choo Information Today, 2002 Well done synthesis of a broad range of concepts & theories Choo has provided a good synthesis of many research works and concepts surrounding the obtaining and integration of information to support decision makers. This book is a good introduction for the leader who is trying to get a handle on the information sources and limitations needed to monitor ...             Intelligent Enterprise: A Knowledge and Service Based Paradigm for Industry1 review James Brian Quinn Free Press, 1992 A brillant work which should be read by all OEM executives Quinn's tome intellectually addresses the macro-economic trend of moving manufacturing, especially business-to-business durable goods, to a strategic enterprise model which instead of selling goods, will sell services that imbed the product that they manufacture. The intensity of Quinn's work is ...             Organizational Survival in the New World: The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System (KMCI Press)5 reviews Alex Bennet, David Bennet Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004 Breakthough for Organizational Thinking + A Great Treatment od a Complex Topic + The Application of ICAS to KM Education + Outstanding Book for Executives in a Competitive Environment + Outstanding Book for Executives in a Competitive Environment             Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals Jana Polgar, Robert Mark Bram, ... Idea Group Publishing, 2005 "Building and Managing Enterprise-Wide Portals" discusses the technology behind portals and grid networks, gives information to the history behind grid technology evolution, and supplies the reader with the knowledge to make qualified managerial decisions. This book looks at next-generation computing platforms and global cyber-infrastructure for solving large-scale problems in science, ...             Knowledge Enterprise: Intelligent Strategies in Product Design, Manufacturing, and Management: Proceedings of ... Springer, 2006 This volume contains the edited version of the technical presentations of PROLMAT 2006, the IFIP TC5 international conference held on June 15-17, 2006 at the Shanghai University in China. Profitability is no longer only a function of price, cost, and adequate quality. The way sustained competitive advantage relates to a firm is distinctive and it is difficult to replicate competencies. The ...             Corporate Portals and eBusiness Integration7 reviews Mark M. Davydov McGraw-Hill Companies, 2001 On-the-money perspective + An opinion of Chief Enterprise Architect + The reality check I had an opportunity to read Davydov's book over the weekend. Highly interesting on-the-money perspective. The need for enterprises to move more QUICKLY and COLLABORATE with both customers and suppliers has never been greater. The concept of corporate portals has proven to be one of the main ...             Developing A High-performance Workforce: Practical Strategies For Exploiting Knowledge In The Intelligent ... Karin Breu, Geoff Smith Financial Times Management, 2002 Knowledge Management was heralded as the tool that would enable companies to pool the information contained in individual employees' heads. What it became was an expensive database that no one ever used. It failed because it didn't address the needs of managers or take account of the human element in passing information from one point to another. This report, based on two major research projects, ...             Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology2 reviews Guus Schreiber, Hans Akkermans, ... The MIT Press, 1999 Knowledge Engineering and Management + A methodology good at the micro-level biz process reuse Very good introduction to CommonKADS. Reviews the methodology, its principles and drivers.             Enterprise Knowledge Portals15 reviews Heidi Collins AMACOM, 2003 Great book for serious Knowldge Portal Architects + Enterprise Portal Boosting Productivity and Profitability + Great book for serious Knowldge Portal Architects Finally there is a book on what it takes to rollout an Enterprise Knowledge Portal (EKP). A lot has been written and said by Analysts, Vendors and other experts on the EKP subject but when it comes to actually how to implement EKPs, there isn't much out there other than vendor's marketing hype and ...             Cultivating Communities of Practice27 reviews Etienne Wenger, Richard McDermott, ... Harvard Business School Press, 2002 A must read for those working to create learning communities + Excellent work on Communities of Practice + Communities of Practice: Energy, Tools, and Gosh + Many good, practical ideas for implementing Communities of Practice + Excelent Book             Realizing the Promise of Corporate Portals: Leveraging Knowledge for Business Success7 reviews José Claudio Terra, Cindy Gordon Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002 Keep this book a secret... + Refreshing book on overhyped subject + Excellent and Practice Case Studies + Practitioner's Point of View + Practitioner's Point of View             The Knowledge Enterprise: Implementation of Intelligent Business Strategies (Series on Technology Management) J. Friso Den Hertog, Edward Huizenga World Scientific Publishing Company, 2000 Price and quality alone are no longer sufficient to gain competitive advantage. It is high quality knowledge which provides the opportunities for adding exclusive value to products and services. This work provides organizations with a way to shift the knowledge ambition and realize it in practice. For this purpose, an intelligent business strategy is offered based on the experiences of seven ...