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Authors: Anthony F. Buono
ISBN-13: 9781593114190, ISBN-10: 1593114192
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Anthony F. Buono

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Pt. IKnowledge management and the management consulting industry
1Managing organizational knowledge networks in a professional services firm : interrelating knowledge management and intellectual capital3
2Knowledge management in practice : examining knowledge as modes of production23
3The fallacy of simplistic notions of the transfer of "best practice"51
4"Knowing" in the consultancy firm : exploring knowledge, people, context, and tools in action69
5Co-evolution of knowledge management processes : drawing on project experience in a global engineering consulting firm107
Pt. IIDynamics of knowledge sharing and dissemination
6A dispersed repertoire : exploring struggles to knowledge dissemination within consultancies133
7In search of knowledge sharing in practice155
8Merging knowledge : a study of knowledge management in a consulting-firm merger179
9Knowledge-sharing behavior and post-acquisition integration failure209
Pt. IIIMethodological approaches to studying knowledge in organizations
10Organizational photography : a "snapshot" approach to understanding knowledge sharing229
11Video-views of knowing in action : analytical views "in situ" in an IT firm's development department249
12Complex project management in small high-technology firms : small firms as learning models?271
Pt. IVReflections on knowledge management and management consulting
13Flaws in the "engine" of knowledge creation : a critique of Nonaka's theory293
14Ten years of knowledge management : ramifications for consultants317
15The wonderful world of knowledge management : does knowledge management really add value?337
16Knowledge and consultancy365

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