Knowledge management in future organizations

  • Received January 18, 2017;
    Accepted June 22, 2017;
    Published September 5, 2017
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    Jon-Arild Johannessen
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.15(2-2).2017.01
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    Volume 15 2017, Issue #2 (cont. 2), pp. 306-318
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The question addressed in this paper is linked to the future of knowledge management. The problem is that we don’t know how knowledge resources will benefit the organization of the future. The purpose in this article is to give some tentative answers to knowledge management, organizational design and leadership issues in the global knowledge economy.

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    • Figure 1. Key value creation processes in the knowledge economy
    • Figure 2. Infostructure processes
    • Figure 3. Frontline focus
    • Figure 4. Modular logic
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