Hislop, Donald. <br/><br/>
Knowledge management in organizations :  a critical introduction / 
Donald Hislop. 
 - Third Edition 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  [2013]. 
 - xx, 284 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> Previous edition: 2009. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index. 
<br/><br/>The contemporary importance of knowledge and knowledge management -- Epistemologies of knowledge in the knowledge management literature. The objectivist perspective on knowledge -- The practice-based perspective on knowledge -- An introduction to key concepts. What is knowledge management? -- Knowledge-intensive firms and knowledge workers -- Learning and knowledge management -- Knowledge creation and organizational unlearning. Nonaka and knowledge creation theory -- Unlearning and the deliberate loss of knowledge -- Socio-cultural issues related to managing and sharing knowledge. The influence of socio-cultural factors in motivating workers to participate in knowledge management initiatives -- Communities of practice -- Cross-community, boundary-spanning knowledge processes -- Power, politics, conflict, and knowledge process -- Information and communication technologies and knowledge management -- Facilitating knowledge management via the use of human resource management practices -- Leadership, organization culture management, and knowledge management -- Reflections on the topic of knowledge management. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199691937 (pbk.) 0199691932 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015473319 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB293196  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016171915  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Knowledge management.<br/>Knowledge management.<br/>Wissensmanagement.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD30.2  / .H575 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>658.4038