Knowledge Horizons

Knowledge management is the new rontier for businesses, organizations, and institutions of all kinds. For those that hope to conquer this new territory, establishing a better understanding of current and future knowledge management trends and adoption of the most effective practices is imperative. There are numerous options for executives: intranets, extranets, groupware, information overload, and core competencies are continually being redefined. New entities and rules in terms of intellectual capital and the "Chief Knowledge Officer" are emerging.

Knowledge Horizons addresses these issues through a simple but effective framework. This practical and provocative resource presents the work of many of the leading voices in knowledge management and related disciplines, who explore the current trends and offer pragmatic and authorative thinking on applied knowledge management from a variety of positions

Knowledge Horizons

• Helps knowledge managers understand current and future knowledge management trends
• Enables organizations to gauge the future value of knowledge management investments and how they will drive new business initiatives
• Pragmatically integrates the experience and insights of managers and consultants with cutting edge academic research in knowledge management
  

• Part I: Knowledge Management — What Is It?
1. Knowledge Management: An Emerging Discipline Rooted in a Long History
   Karl A. Wiig
2. Shifts in the World Economy: The Drivers of Knowledge Management
   Robert M. Grant
3. A Thematic Analysis of the Thinking in Knowledge Management
   Charles Despres and Daniele Chauvel
   
• Part II: Knowledge-Intensive Management
4. Dynamic Business-Systems for Knowledge Creation and Utilization
   Ikujiro Nonake and Patrik Reinmoeller
5. Tools for Knowledge Management
   Anthony K. P. Wensley and Alison Verwijk-O'Sullivan
6. Managing Knowledge Assets in Diverse Industrial Contexts
   David J. Teece
7. Managing Knowledge Systems
   J.-C. Spender
   
• Part III: Knowledge-Intensive Organizations
8. Designing for Business Benefits from Knowledge Management
   Peter Murray
9. What Do We Know About CKOs?
   Michael J. Earl and Ian A. Scott
10. Communities of Practice: The Structure of Knowledge Stewarding
    Etienne Wenger
11. Knowledge Transfer in Strategic Alliances
    Nicolas Rolland and Daniela Chauvel
12. The Social Ecology of Knowledge Management
    David Snowden
    
• Part IV: Toward the Future
13. The New Organizations: Managing Multiple Arenas for Knowledge Creation
    Bo Hedberg
14. Managing Knowledge in Adaptive Enterprises
    Stephan H. Haeckel
15. New Metrics: Does It All Add Up?
    David J. Skyrme
    

The authors are in reality the co-authors and editors of an excellent collection of very thoughtful and relevant articles. Some people / reviewers referes to this book as the Future of Knowledge. And in a way they are right, as the future of KM could probably be found in the articles, but don't expect it to be explicit (I knew I could get tacit and explicit knowledge into a review:-).

In short, I found this to be a very good read.