Wellsprings Of Knowledge

Author : Dorothy Leonard-Barton
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875848594
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wellsprings of Knowledge written by Dorothy Leonard-Barton and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that knowledge is a renewable asset and a competitive advantage, and shows ways companies can effectively build and manage knowledge

Author : Dorothy Leonard-Barton
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wellsprings of Knowledge written by Dorothy Leonard-Barton and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides managers with the key knowledge building activities they need to guide, control, and inspire. The pioneering book on knowledge management. Probes the relationship between successful innovators and the way they create, nurture, and grow the experience and accumulated knowledge of their organisation.

Author : Dorothy Leonard
Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1633690377
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deep Smarts written by Dorothy Leonard and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2005-01-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep smarts are the engine of any organization as well as the essential value that individuals build throughout their careers. Distinct from IQ, this type of expertise consists of practical wisdom: accumulated knowledge, know-how, and intuition gained through extensive experience. How do such smarts develop? And what happens when people with deep smarts leave a particular job or the organization? Can any of their smarts be transferred? Should they be? Basing their conclusions on a multi-year research project, Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap argue that cultivating and managing deep smarts are critical parts of any leader's job. The authors draw on examples from firms of all sizes and types to illustrate the connection between deep smarts and organizational viability and continuous innovation. Leonard and Swap describe the origins and limits of deep smarts and outline processes for cultivating and leveraging them across the organization. Developing an experience repertoire and receiving strategic guidance from wise coaches can help individuals move up the ladder of expertise from novice to master. Addressing a topic of increasing importance as the Boomer generation retires, Deep Smarts challenges leaders to take a hands-on approach to managing the experience-based knowledge shaping the future of their organizations.

Author : Curt Sachs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401510598
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wellsprings of Music written by Curt Sachs and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typical mild "Sachsonian" humor and illustrated with a wealth of examples and evidence. I doubt whether any other of us ethnomusicologists would have been capable of writing such a comprehensive study: S~chs had at his fingertips a phenomenal amount of factual information. Sometimes, under his wise guidance, complicated propositions become surprisingly simple. The reader will be as fascinated as I was by the originality of some of his conelusions, captivated by his penetrating com parisons, and charmed by his rich and expressive language. After having lived with this book for aperiod of some months, I realize a1l themore what the death of Curt Sachs means to the musicological world. "The Wellsprings of Music" forms a worthy elose to that long series of publications his boundless energy and unsurpassed knowledge have given uso I feel greatly indebted to Dr. Eric Werner, New York, for his decisive encouragement towards the publication of this work and for the active interest he took in it. I want also to express my gratitude to the musicologist Miss Marijke Charbon, The Hague, for having made an Index of N ames and for some useful suggestions. Amsterdam, 15th February 1960 JAAP KUNST My dear friend Jaap Kunst did not live to see this book in print. I wish to express my deep gratitude to him, whose dedi cated help and unfailing and devoted interest made its publi cation possible.

Author : Joseph Badaracco
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875842264
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knowledge Link written by Joseph Badaracco and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Motor Company IBM.

Author : Dorothy Leonard-Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wellsprings of Knowledge written by Dorothy Leonard-Barton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. O. Wilson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804154066
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Consilience written by E. O. Wilson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." —The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest scientists—and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Ants—gives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In Consilience (a word that originally meant "jumping together"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities. Using the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman.

Author : Paul Ernest Walker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book The Wellsprings of Wisdom written by Paul Ernest Walker and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Sijistani, renowned Ismaili philosopher of the 10th century A. D., presents a theory of knowledge that accounts for the totality of the cosmos, which he sees as a macrocosm, and of humanity, its microcosm. The Arabic text is not included. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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ISBN 13 : 9814465615
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Download or read book Managing Knowledge Assets, Creativity and Innovation written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorothy Leonard-Barton
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875848655
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Sparks Fly written by Dorothy Leonard-Barton and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a leader manage for creativity? Many managers fall into the trap of assuming that only gifted individuals--readily identifiable "creative types"--can produce breakthrough thinking, and if you don't have an eccentric genius on your team, your efforts are doomed to mediocrity. Some even argue that creativity is an art that can't possibly be planned or managed without extinguishing the vital creative spark. Yet, say Dorothy Leonard and Walter Swap, today's most innovative, complex services, products and processes spring from well-led, well-managed group interactions. Blending their backgrounds in business and psychology into a fresh perspective, Leonard and Swap sweep aside conventional thinking about creativity to show how managers can actively shape group processes to enhance creative output. They offer proven strategies based on a deep understanding of human behavior for stimulating and directing the group dynamics that lie at the heart of innovative thinking. The book clearly outlines and analyzes each step in the creative process and gives practical suggestions for managing creative teams, including specific techniques for composing groups to maximize creative abrasion, re-channeling the tensions of conflicting points of view into new ideas and alternative options, and failing forward to success. Leonard and Swap explore how all aspects of the work environment, from leadership style to the promotion of passion to the use of space to maximize serendipity, can enhance innovation. Drawing on examples in companies that range from small startups to Fisher-Price, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, When Sparks Fly shows how sophisticated managers can galvanize groups to maximize their creative potential.