Managing Knowledge Workers : Value Assessment, Methods, and Application Tools

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Managing Knowledge Workers; Value Assessment, Methods, and Application Tools; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Objectives and Research Problem; 1.2 Research Hypotheses; 1.3 Scope of Research; References; 2: Research Core of Knowledge Management; 2.1 Essence of Knowledge Management; 2.1.1 Defining the Knowledge-Based Economy; 2.1.2 Companies in a Knowledge-Based Economy; 2.1.3 Competitive Advantage in the Knowledge Economy; 2.1.3.1 Local, International, and Global Networks; 2.1.3.2 Virtual Organization; 2.1.3.3 Teleworking

2.1.3.4 Individual Inventor and the Stand-Alone Laboratory2.1.3.5 Highly Flexible Silicon Valley-Type Firms; 2.1.3.6 Conglomerates; 2.1.3.7 Alliances; 2.2 Knowledge Management and Managing Intellectual Capital; 2.2.1 Essence of Knowledge Management in Organizations; 2.2.2 Essence of Intellectual Capital Management; 2.2.3 Methods of Measuring Intellectual Capital; 2.2.4 Knowledge Workers or Innovative Workers?; References; 3: Innovative Company; 3.1 Innovativeness of Enterprises; 3.1.1 Essence of Innovation; 3.1.2 External and Internal Determinants of an Innovative Company

3.1.2.1 Training Center3.1.2.2 Technology-Transfer Center; 3.1.2.3 Technology Incubator; 3.1.2.4 Science and Technology Park; 3.1.2.5 Personnel Transfer Center; 3.1.2.6 Regional Contact Points; 3.1.2.7 Economic Environment for RandD Activities; 3.1.2.8 Regulatory Environment for RandD Activities; 3.1.2.9 Social Environment for RandD Activities; 3.1.2.10 Technological Environment for RandD Activities; 3.1.2.11 International Environment for RandD Activities; 3.2 Model of an Innovative Company; 3.2.1 Organizational Structure of Knowledge-Oriented Companies

3.2.1.1 Virtual Company: As Defined in Sect. 2.2.13.2.1.2 Process-Oriented Company; 3.2.1.3 Fractal Company; 3.2.1.4 Learning Company; 3.2.1.5 Innovative Company; 3.2.2 Model of Knowledge Worker-Oriented Company; 3.2.3 Criteria Used to Describe an Innovative Company; References; 4: Model for Managing Knowledge Workers; 4.1 Knowledge Workers as Strategic Knowledge Resources; 4.1.1 Resource-Based Approach; 4.1.2 Personnel Usefulness Function for a Knowledge Worker; 4.1.2.1 f1(GK): General Knowledge Function for the m-th Knowledge Worker in a Company

4.1.2.2 f2(PK): The Professional Knowledge Function for the m-th Knowledge Worker in a Company4.1.2.3 f3(A): Professional Abilities Function for the m-th Knowledge Worker in a Company; 4.1.2.4 f4(E): Experience Function for the m-th Knowledge Worker in a Company; 4.1.2.5 f5(P): Patents Function for the m-th Knowledge Worker in a Company; 4.1.2.6 f6(C): Clients Function for the m-th Knowledge Worker in a Company; 4.1.2.7 f7(R) m-th Knowledge Worker´s Personality in a Company; 4.2 Methods of Employment Planning and Selection; 4.3 New Concept for Planning and Assessing Knowledge Workers

4.3.1 Sknowinnov Method for Assessing the Value of Knowledge Workers

10.1007/978-3-642-36600-0 [DOI]

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