Managing the knowledge intensive firm
Over the last decade, there has been a substantial rise in the number of knowledge-intensive firms - constituted primarily of professionals. The core assets of these businesses are the people themselves. Handle them badly, and they may defect or stall. Successful managers of knowledge-intensive firms must create meaning among and inspire their employees, to ensure high performance. To achieve this, leaders must understand how to target each employee' s ambitions and challenges to facilitate the…
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- Full title :Managing the knowledge intensive firm / Nicolaj Ejler, Flemming Poulfelt and Fiona Czerniawska
Summary
Over the last decade, there has been a substantial rise in the number of knowledge-intensive firms - constituted primarily of professionals. The core assets of these businesses are the people themselves. Handle them badly, and they may defect or stall. Successful managers of knowledge-intensive firms must create meaning among and inspire their employees, to ensure high performance. To achieve this, leaders must understand how to target each employee' s ambitions and challenges to facilitate their personal and professional development. This ...
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- Publication Date:2011
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011
Notes
Value-creation in knowledge-intensive firms. What do clients buy?. The inner workings of knowledge-intensive firms. Consistent strategy and the client. Employee capital. Shaping behaviour : values and cultural modelling. Relations with clients rules strategy execution. Holistic management : the pyramid at play. Epilogue
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- Description:xvi, 194 s
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780415678018, 9780415678025, 9780203806692, 0415678013, 0415678021, 0203806697
- oclc:ocn769338123
- LC Classification:HD8039.K59
- Dewey Decimal:658.4 038
Table of Contents
Value-creation in knowledge-intensive firms -- What do clients buy?. The inner workings of knowledge-intensive firms -- Consistent strategy and the client -- Employee capital -- Shaping behaviour : values and cultural modelling -- Relations with clients rules strategy execution -- Holistic management : the pyramid at play -- Epilogue.
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