Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management

by Peter F. Drucker, Ikujiro Nonaka, Philip Anderson

Knowledge management - the way companies generate, communicate, and leverage their intellectual assets - has only recently emerged as the information economy's essential source of competitive advantage. Harvard Business Review was among the first to identify the importance of knowledge management, and now the cutting-edge thinking and practical applications that are defining the field are conveniently close at hand in this timely and authoritative collection.

Genres: Business, Management, Nonfiction

223 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Peter Ferdinand Drucker was a writer, management consultant and university professor. His writing focused on management-related literature. Peter Drucker made famous the term knowledge worker and is thought to have unknowingly ushered in the knowledge economy, which effectively challenges Karl Marx's world-view of the political economy. George Orwell credits Peter Drucker as one of the only writers to predict the German-Soviet Pact of 1939.

The son of a high level civil servant in the Habsburg empire, Drucker was born in the chocolate capital of Austria, in a small village named Kaasgraben (now a suburb of Vienna, part of the 19th district, Döbling). Following the defeat of Austria-Hungary in World War I, there were few opportunities for employment in Vienna so after finishing school he went to Germany, first working in banking and then in journalism. While in Germany, he earned a doctorate in International Law. The rise of Nazism forced him to leave Germany in 1933. After spending four years in London, in 1937 he moved permanently to the United States, where he became a university professor as well as a freelance writer and business guru. In 1943 he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He taught at New York University as a Professor of Management from 1950 to 1971. From 1971 to his death he was the Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Reviews

[Chike Darnayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great readings to start your understanding from the basic of learning organization discussions of models of explicit tacit and how to transcend this ideas in to application by methapor, the last part of the books discuss how data and previous organization experience can be use as a tool to create research and data mining making analysis and pattern to make decisions for leaders in pivotal point of organization. Weather you are an entry level professional, corporate C suit or an individual who wants to build a lean powerhouse organization this book will not just be your reference but your starting foundation from theory to practice.

[Marcus Goncalves · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an old text (1998)) on KM. I purchased it cheap at a library sale with the intention to recap the topic, since it is an area of research for me. I was pleasantly surprised with the practical, tangible content on how to integrate both KM and methods of Intellectual Capital into the workplace.

[周 大為 · Rating 3 out of 5]

提供了不少不錯的觀念，特別是這麼久以前的文章，實屬可貴，但畢竟是文集，系統性還是弱了一點。

[Jack Vinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a collection of articles from the HBR on a range of Knowledge Management topics, from organizational design to innovation to professional development to organizational learning. Most of the articles are still timely and come from leading thinkers in the field. 
 

[Alf Kåre Lefdal · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting collection of essays on how to share knowledge within an organization, og and how difficult this is.

[Kristine Dunn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting reading, although a little dated. Technology has advanced so much that I would be interesting to see updates from the previously published reviews based on today's organizations.

[Ks Pillai · Rating 2 out of 5]

Good Book on how to create your knowledge management Bank

[Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

An older book, but an interesting read on organizational knowledge. I gave this one a five, but I am new to the subject. There may be better material out there.

[Connie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found some of these articles very interesting and I'm sure I will go back to them frequently.