strategies for growing organizations Mellor, Robert B. creator text Basingstoke New York Palgrave Macmillan 2011 monographic

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xx, 170 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. "Knowledge Management and Information Systems Strategy for Growing Organizations examines the role that information systems play in helping SMEs use knowledge to achieve strategic organizational goals. Adopting a business perspective, it is ideal for students studying strategic information systems and knowledge management"-- Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- Introduction to Knowledge Management -- Knowledge Management and Innovation -- Knowlege Management, Entrepreneurship and the Value Chain -- Information Systems and SMEs -- PART II: MODELLING THE THEORY -- Knowledge Valley Theory -- Managing Formal Knowledge -- PART III: APPLYING THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES -- Using Knowledge Valley Theory to Increase Organisational Innovation -- Factors that Stop Innovation -- Leadership and Innovation -- Knowledge and Learning -- PART IV: BUILDING APPLIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- Recombining Knowledge and Learning -- Drawing Conclusions -- PART V: THE PRACTITIONER VIEW -- Calculating the Benefit -- Larger Organisations -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Index. Robert Mellor. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Knowledge management Information resources management 9780230280434 (pbk.) 0230280439 (pbk.) 20251007161809.0