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Knowledge Capitalism Alan Burton-Jones (Consultant - heads an international IT and management consultancy practice in Australia)

Knowledge Capitalism By Alan Burton-Jones (Consultant - heads an international IT and management consultancy practice in Australia)

Summary

Probing the surface of contemporary economic and social change, this text shows how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms, and reshaping learning and work links. It describes the emergence of a new breed of capitalist - dependent on knowledge rather than resources.

Knowledge Capitalism Summary

Knowledge Capitalism: Business, Work, and Learning in the New Economy by Alan Burton-Jones (Consultant - heads an international IT and management consultancy practice in Australia)

Knowledge Capitalism probes the surface of contemporary economic and social change, revealing how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms, empowering individuals, and reshaping the links between learning and work. Using economic, management and knowledge-based theories, supported by empirical data and illustrations from leading companies, Knowledge Capitalism describes the emergence of a new breed of capitalist, one dependent on knowledge rather than physical resources. The author argues that industrial-era models of firm-market boundaries, work arrangements, and ownership and control are inhibiting firms and individuals success in the emerging knowledge economy. New models are proposed based on knowledge-centred organisation, knowledge-led growth, and knowledge supply as distinct from labour supply or flexible employment. Continuous learning is shown to be critical to firms as integrators of disparate knowledge resources, and the only practical route for individuals to become free agents. Knowledge Capitalism illuminates the new business landscape and provides a practical tool-set for business practitioners and theorists to interpret and manage change in a rapidly deconstructing economic environment.

Knowledge Capitalism Reviews

This well-written book is probably one of the most unified, consistent and eloquent statements I have read on the purported transformation to knowledge capitalism ... excellently produced * Nick Henry, University of Newcastle, Progress in Human Geography *
This book impresses with its breadth of coverage, its research detail and the synthesis of analysis ... it touches upon something important for many people - work, its nature, its shortage for some, its changes and its future direction. Highly recommended * Dr John Burgess, University of Newcastle *

About Alan Burton-Jones (Consultant - heads an international IT and management consultancy practice in Australia)

Alan Burton-Jones, formerly business development director of leading multi-national, British Oxygen's computer services subsidiary based in London, now heads an international IT 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 USA, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.

Table of Contents

PART 1: THE KNOWLEDGE REVOLUTION ; PART 2: NAVIGATING KNOWLEDGE MARKETS ; PART 3: THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED FIRM ; PART 4: THE KNOWLEDGE ESCALATOR

Additional information

NPB9780198296225
9780198296225
0198296223
Knowledge Capitalism: Business, Work, and Learning in the New Economy by Alan Burton-Jones (Consultant - heads an international IT and management consultancy practice in Australia)
New
Hardback
Oxford University Press
1999-10-21
262
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