Knowledge Leadership: The Art and Science of the Knowledge-Based Organization - Softcover

Cavaleri, Steven A.; Seivert, Sharon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0750678402 ISBN 13: 9780750678407

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

In Knowledge Leadership, Cavaleri and Seivert describe the dawning of a new era in which individuals are “leading” rather than “managing” knowledge. In the past, many knowledge-based initiatives have failed because leaders underestimated the powerful link between knowledge and performance improvement – and also because they mistakenly thought that “information” was the same as knowledge. Cavaleri and Seivert claim that, while information is a necessary precursor to knowledge, it is not sufficient in itself for improving business performance. The authors describe notable organizations that use the pragmatic knowledge strategies they describe to gain competitive advantage. Pragmatic knowledge is the result of individuals’ developing a deeper understanding of how (and why) things work best in practice. The process of creating pragmatic knowledge transforms key lessons from systems thinking, total quality management, and organization learning into a powerful new business strategy. To help readers apply the concepts and tools in this book, Cavaleri and Seivert draw on case examples and a decade of original cross-cultural research about knowledge leadership. They also invite readers to use The Knowledge Bias Profile to discover their knowledge leadership style. The book systematically outlines a user-friendly strategy for becoming a knowledge leader and for building high-performing, knowledge-based organizations.

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Steven Cavaleri, Sharon Seivert, Lee W. Lee

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Business/ Management

Knowledge Leadership
The Art and Science of the Knowledge-Based Organization
Steven Cavaleri and Sharon Seivert with Lee W. Lee


"Knowledge Leadership is a timely response to a widely felt need within the KM field. Practical, readable and with sound foundations, it is a valuable guide for leaders who want their companies to become part of the elite Knowledge-based Organizations…. If you lead, you must read."
— Javier Carrillo, Director, Center for Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico.

"Cavaleri and Seivert help us to understand what knowledge leadership is and show us how to recognize, develop and become knowledge leaders. If more people in business, the professions, and public and voluntary organizations use this book …we will all benefit."
— Colin Coulson-Thomas, Chairman ASK-Europe, Adaptation Ltd, author of The Knowledge Entrepreneur

"Kudos to Cavaleri and Seivert for sharing this enlightening volume…. This book provides a gold mine of tools and it is an invaluable guide to managers…"
— Lynn S. Quinn, Manager, Retail Human Resources, Eileen Fisher, Inc.

"The authors of this well-researched and clearly written book stimulate reflection with intriguing images and practical tools, and they guide towards action with examples from private, public, and not-for profit organizations."
— Ariane Berthoin Antal, Social Science Research Center Berlin and co-editor of The Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge

"A refreshing scholarly perspective…. The authors offer an incisive analysis of how to develop and apply pragmatic knowledge in today's organizations. Real world industry cases and scientific analyses of knowledge profiles support the conceptual and pragmatic framework while offering tools for bridging the knowing-doing divide."
— Yogesh Malhotra, Founding Chairman, BRINT Institute; Professor, Syracuse University, Whitman School of Management

In Knowledge Leadership, Cavaleri and Seivert describe the dawning of a new era in which individuals are “leading” rather than “managing” knowledge. In the past, many knowledge-based initiatives have failed because leaders underestimated the powerful link between knowledge and performance improvement – and also because they mistakenly thought that “information” was the same as knowledge. Cavaleri and Seivert claim that, while information is a necessary precursor to knowledge, it is not sufficient in itself for improving business performance.

The authors describe notable organizations that use the pragmatic knowledge strategies they describe to gain competitive advantage. Pragmatic knowledge is the result of individuals’ developing a deeper understanding of how (and why) things work best in practice. The process of creating pragmatic knowledge transforms key lessons from systems thinking, total quality management, and organization learning into a powerful new business strategy.

To help readers apply the concepts and tools in this book, Cavaleri and Seivert draw on case examples and a decade of original cross-cultural research about knowledge leadership. They also invite readers to use The Knowledge Bias Profile to discover their knowledge leadership style. The book systematically outlines a user-friendly strategy for becoming a knowledge leader and for building high-performing, knowledge-based organizations.

Steven Cavaleri is Senior Executive Vice President of KMCI, Editor of The Learning Organization journal, and teaches at Central Connecticut State University.
Sharon Seivert is President of The Coreporation and Core Learning Services, and author of The Balancing Act and Working from Your Core.
Lee W. Lee is Professor of Management at Central Connecticut State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750678402
• ISBN 13: 9780750678407
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 374