Knowledge Management and Organizational Design

The first in the readers' series called Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge Management and Organizational Design is a unique compilation of articles and book excerpts that describe how the management of an organization shapes the levels of knowledge transfer, innovation and learning. The collection draws on fifty years of management thinking and presents key issues facing knowledge-intensive organizations. The selections are concise, clearly written and present a rich framework of examples drawn from real management experience. Arranged thematically, the chapters discuss decision-making, organization structure, innovation, strategic alliances, managing knowledge workers and power relations. Represented in this volume are the ideas of influential academics including the late economist Frederick Hayek and French sociologist Michael Crozier, as well as world-renowned management thinkers such as Harvard Business School Professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Charles Handy.

Chapter 1 Knowledge Management and Organizational Design, Paul S. Myers; Chapter 2 The Use of Knowledge in Society, Frederick A. Hayek; Chapter 3 Specific and General Knowledge, and Organizational Structure, Michael C. Jensen, William H. Meckling; Chapter 4 The Rise and Fall of Bureaucracy, Elizabeth Gifford, Pinchot; Chapter 5 The Emerging Flexible Organization, Homa Bahrami; Chapter 6 The Organization of Innovation, Tom Burns, G.M. Stalker; Chapter 7 When a Thousand Flowers Bloom, Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Chapter 8 Knowledge Links, Joseph Badaracco; Chapter 9 Strategic Alliances, Organizational Learning, and Competitive Advantage, Vladimir Pucik; Chapter 10 The Numbers, Charles Handy; Chapter 11 Motivating Knowledge Workers—The Challenge for the 1990s, Mahen Tampoe; Chapter 12 The Social System at the Shop Level, Michel Crozier; Chapter 13 The Abstraction of Industrial Work, Shoshana Zuboff; Chapter 14 Building Intelligence Networks, Wayne Baker;

Professional Practice & Development

S. Paul Myers