Voluntary Knowledge Sharing Model (VKS): A cybernetic approach towards understanding voluntarily knowledge sharing in groups, organizations and communities - Softcover

Lodhi, Suleman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639198484 ISBN 13: 9783639198485

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

The real challenge for organizations competing in Knowledge Economy is not just to store and retrieve data or information more efficiently, but the fundamental issue is to increase value creation from the Knowledge Assets present in organizations. Hiring the best brains available in the world and installing the most modern computer equipment would not ensure an innovative organization. The study uses concepts from cybernetics and epistemology to present a model on voluntary knowledge sharing at individual, group and organization levels, elaborating the need to manage knowledge workers differently to obtain high performance. The model developed should help analyze low performance of knowledge organizations and provide directions for developing a new generation of software. The study should be especially useful for students and researchers in management sciences domain, professionals in Organizational Development, and Software Engineers working on knowledge based software.

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About the Author

Suleman Lodhi:Ph.D. in KM with publications in refereed journals. His research interests include Cybernetics, Community Development and Social Network Analysis. Munir Ahmad: Post graduate Aberdeen,UK and Ph.D. Iowa State University, USA. Taught at Michigan Tech. University, Houston, with more than 150 refereed research papers.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639198484
• ISBN 13: 9783639198485
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108