The challenges of knowledge sharing in practice : a social approach /

Addresses the key skills that are required in organisations in the information intensive society. The book examines the power of information behaviour on the construction of different kinds of shared knowledge and social identity in a group. An introduction to the different dimensions of social capi...

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Main Author: Widen-Wulff, Gunilla
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford [England] : Chandos Publishing, 2007.
Series:Chandos information professional series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Addresses the key skills that are required in organisations in the information intensive society. The book examines the power of information behaviour on the construction of different kinds of shared knowledge and social identity in a group. An introduction to the different dimensions of social capital that is structural and cognitive, and looks at the relational aspects of information behaviour in organisations. Experiences are analysed in two different case studies - in the financial and biotechnology industries - in order to gain additional insights in how the internal organisation environment should be designed to support the development of the organisation's intellectual capital.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 ebook (229 pages))
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781780632018
1780632010
9781306398022
1306398029
1843342855
9781843342854