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You know effective knowledge creation when you see it – firms use it to create, innovate and grow successfully. But how can you tell what’s behind it, making up those winning formulas? Are antecedents of new knowledge creation specific to the firm (individual absorptive capacity and informal networking), the contextual environment (the nature of problem situations being faced by the firms), or both? Dr. Christine … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Christine Soo, David Midgley, Timothy Devinney | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subject: Knowledge Management

EVA is a measurement tool designed to strengthen companies’ return on capital investments. A study of best practices in EVA reveals that the metric can help reduce capital costs and improve gross revenues.

Content: Article | Author: Tad Leahy | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subjects: Finance, Management

Companies use offsite meetings to recharge management and set clear goals and tactics. But is your company getting the most out of this time? One idea: Consider hiring an outside facilitator.

Keys to Effective Executive Off-sites

• Set aside sufficient time.
• Set clear goals and agendas.
• Set and enforce guidelines for interactions.
• Employ exercises to help participants learn and use new concepts.
• Recruit experienced facilitators.
• Follow up

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Content: Article | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subject: Management

Content: Book | Author: Tom Terez | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Hammered by competitive thrusts and pressured by customer demands for lower prices, companies are increasingly finding prices in a downward spiral. But price problems are rarely pricing problems! Value pricing provides the alternative!

Content: Article | Author: George E. Cressman Jr. | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Pricing

If the working interactions between your company and your partners is co-dependent, welcome to the crowd.

Editor’s Note: An interesting real-life example to illustrate the larger issues.

Content: Article | Author: Christopher Koch | Source: Darwin Magazine | Subjects: Management, Miscellaneous

Value-based management (VBM) – it sounds straightforward, but VBM works only if you understand that it’s more about cultural change than financial change. However, many companies expect too much from VBM too soon, and they give up on it too early. Professors Philippe Haspeslagh, Tomo Noda and Fares Boulos highlight the approaches to successful VBM implementation.

Content: Article | Authors: Fares Boulos, Philippe Haspeslagh, Tomo Noda | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Best Practices, Management

A look at 7 points to consider in setting the stage for effective team-work as outlined originally by Organization Development pioneer Richard Beckard.

Content: Article | Author: Rick Sidorowicz | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Management, Project Management

Consultant Denham Grey calls his Web log and resource portal “the largest collaborative KM repository on the Web,” and he may be right. Grey’s site is an entertaining-not to mention informative-collection of personal essays, links to a wealth of knowledge management resources and, well, just interesting stuff. Here you’ll find articles on everything from knowledge practices to knowledge tools, from the KM market to KM … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Author: Denham Grey | Subject: Knowledge Management

CEOs offer every excuse but the right one: their own errors. Here are ten mistakes to avoid.

Content: Article | Authors: Jerry Useem, Ram Charan | Source: FORTUNE | Subjects: Miscellaneous, Trends / Analysis

Content: Book | Authors: Abraham Maslow, Deborah C. Stephens, Gary Heil | Subject: Management

Content: Book | Author: Howard Risher | Source: American Management Association (AMA) | Subjects: Human Resources, Management

This paper discusses the basic definitions of knowledge and KM followed by KM events, practices, and challenges. It concludes with remarks on the future of KM.

Content: Article | Authors: Babita Gupta, Jay E. Aronson, Lakshmi S. Iyer | Source: ManagementFirst | Subject: Knowledge Management

Business is at a crossroads. Scandal and recession have cast a pall on the way CEOs go about leading their companies. Three distinguished professors send this memo — Five Half-truths of Business — as a wake-up call.

The five:
1. We’re only in it for ourselves
2. Corporations exist to maximize shareholder value
3. Companies need CEOs who are heroic leaders
4. Companies need to be lean … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Henry Mintzberg, Kunal Basu, Robert Simons | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Trends / Analysis

Do you (or your company) deserve the loyalty of customers, employees, partners and shareowners? Think about your answer from their perspective.

Content: Article | Author: Steven C. Coats | Source: CEO Refresher | Subjects: Leadership, Management

The average life span of a Fortune 500 company is less than half a century, yet there also are corporations around the world that have been in business for 200, 500, even 700 years. Arie de Geus, a retired Royal Dutch/Shell Group executive, maintains after studying both extremes that the most enduring treat their companies as “living work communities” rather than pure economic machines. The … [ Read more ]

Content: Book | Author: Arie De Geus | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Trends / Analysis

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Hundreds of major corporations are implementing a Balanced Scorecard in their quest to increase shareholder value. But success is in the details.

Content: Article | Author: Ivy McLemore | Source: Business Finance Magazine | Subject: Management

Content: Book | Authors: Christopher A. Bartlett, Sumantra Ghoshal | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior

Managing strengths and differences is far more difficult than pointing out weaknesses and requiring conformity.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Leadership, Management