TY - BOOK AU - Mellor,Robert B. TI - Knowledge management and information systems: strategies for growing organizations SN - 9780230280434 (pbk.) : AV - HD30.2 .M453 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Basingstoke, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Knowledge management KW - Information resources management KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Information Management KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Strategic Planning N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- PART I: BACKGROUND -- Introduction to Knowledge Management -- Knowledge Management and Innovation -- Knowlege Management, Entrepreneurship and the Value Chain -- Information Systems and SMEs -- PART II: MODELLING THE THEORY -- Knowledge Valley Theory -- Managing Formal Knowledge -- PART III: APPLYING THEORETICAL PRINCIPLES -- Using Knowledge Valley Theory to Increase Organisational Innovation -- Factors that Stop Innovation -- Leadership and Innovation -- Knowledge and Learning -- PART IV: BUILDING APPLIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- Recombining Knowledge and Learning -- Drawing Conclusions -- PART V: THE PRACTITIONER VIEW -- Calculating the Benefit -- Larger Organisations -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix -- Index N2 - "Knowledge Management and Information Systems Strategy for Growing Organizations examines the role that information systems play in helping SMEs use knowledge to achieve strategic organizational goals. Adopting a business perspective, it is ideal for students studying strategic information systems and knowledge management"-- ER -