Knowledge Capitalism
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (512 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199242542 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Alan Burton-Jones, formerly business development director of leading multi-national, British Oxygen's computer services subsidiary based in London, now heads an international I.T. . and management consultancy practice headquartered in Australia. A frequent speaker at technical and business conferences, he has extensive contacts within the academic and business spheres in the U.S
Using economic, management and knowledge-based theories, it describes the emergence of a new breed of capitalist, one dependent on knowledge rather than physical resources.. This book probes the surface of contemporary economic and social change and reveals how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms, empowering individuals, and reshaping the links between learning and work
Burton-Jones is to be congratulated on his deft handling of a considerable amount of complex material, resulting in a very readable volume."--Recruitment Journal"A winner.It is the best book I have seen for a CEO on the strategy to use, if you want the best from the knowledge that exists in your organization. This is an excellent book that will appeal to the business world as much as to the academic. I recommend it for all planning teams, everywhere."--Bob Buckman, Buckman Laboratories, US"No stone is left unturned in this sweeping and insightful analysis of the knowledge game in this new economy."--John Seely Brown, Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation; Director, Xerox PARC"offers the business practitioner an excellent balance between analysis and prescription."--Hirotaka Takeuchi, co-
"Tremendous book. A great reference." according to Roger Pearson. Burton-Jones' account of the knowledge based economy is the best I have found. I've nearly finished my PhD and have read many books! Most books by academics while good for my thesis yield few useful insights for practice. Unfortunately books written by practitioners are mostly useless. They are too light weight to add any value at all (not just for me, my consulting friends tell me the same thing!). This book strikes a great middle-road. Burton-Jones is a practitioner but he seems. A Good Read! This book falls squarely into the apocalyptic tradition of business literature. It preaches the end of the world, and exhorts readers to repent and prepare for a new world unlike anything they have known. Burton-Jones has absorbed, organized and presented a mass of data to support his message. The data themselves are worth the price of the book, because they provide ample raw material from which to draw one's own conclusions about the validity of the author's thesis. He has tradem