Global Aspects and Cultural Perspectives on Knowledge Management: Emerging Dimensions

This work is written for the advanced practitioner and student of knowledge management who is looking for information and knowledge on the new technologies, approaches, issues, and solutions that can help in the implementation of a knowledge management initiative. A detailed table of contents and index, along with informative chapter titles, will help the user find necessary information, while the compilation of references will assist in looking for more information.

This book provides current research into KM [Knowledge Management]. Topics of chapters range from the use of social networking technologies to analysis of KM strategy to analysis of knowledge transfer and flow. A wide range of contexts are discussed, from schools to multinational organizations to small and medium enterprises, SMEs. Many different research methodologies are used, such as case studies, action research, and quantitative methods.

Researchers in knowledge management relating to business, the military, and other realms discuss recent innovations in the field. Among them are using agent-based simulation and game theory analysis to study knowledge flow in organizations, a framework for managing the life cycle of knowledge in global organizations, assessing the impact of knowledge transfer mechanisms on supply chain performance, improving organizational competitiveness by capturing tacit knowledge from transient workers, investigating the impact of knowledge management factors on new product development, zooming in on the effect of national culture on knowledge sharing behavior, an experiment of information elaboration in mediated knowledge transfer, and a case study of knowledge management utilization at two Jordanian universities.