{"product_id":"principles-of-knowledge-auditing-isbn-9780262545037","title":"Principles of Knowledge Auditing","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive theoretical and practical guide to the operating principles of knowledge auditing, illustrated with numerous case studies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA knowledge audit provides an “at a glance” view of an organization's needs and opportunities. Its purpose is to improve an organization's effectiveness through a better understanding of the dynamics and levers of knowledge production, access, and use. However, this developing field is hampered by the lack of a common language about the origins and nature of knowledge auditing. In \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Knowledge Auditing\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick Lambe integrates the theory and practices of the field, laying out principles and guidelines for a clearer and more pragmatic approach to knowledge auditing that makes it more accessible to practitioners and researchers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLambe examines knowledge auditing in the context of the development of communications, information, and knowledge management in the twentieth century. He critiques and clarifies ambiguities in how knowledge audits are approached and described, as well as how the results are conveyed within organizations. He discusses the benefits and risks of knowledge management standards. Knowledge auditors, he says, need a common frame of reference more than they need standards. Standards have their uses, but they provide only markers and sign posts and are poor representations of the richness of the landscape. He concludes with a set of guiding principles for practitioners.Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003eI Recovering Our Past\u003cbr\u003e1 Seeking to Understand Knowledge in Organizations 15\u003cbr\u003e2 The History of Knowledge Audits 23\u003cbr\u003eII Speaking Clearly about Audits\u003cbr\u003e3 What is an Audit? A Definitional Approach 31\u003cbr\u003e4 What Kind of Audit Is a Knowledge Audit? A Naturalistic Approach 43\u003cbr\u003e5 What Are We Auditing? 63\u003cbr\u003eIII Drivers and Motivations\u003cbr\u003e6 What Stimulated the Emergence of Knowledge-Related Audits? 77\u003cbr\u003e7 Beginnings and Improvisations: Discovery Review, Inventory, and Participative Goal-Setting Audits 101\u003cbr\u003e8 Authority Envy: Assessment Audits and Standards in Communication and Information Audits 127\u003cbr\u003e9 The Battle for Standards in Knowledge Management 145\u003cbr\u003eIV Speaking Clearly about Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e10 Risky Metaphors 185\u003cbr\u003e11 The Syllepsis Trap: When Choice of Language Becomes Problematic 191\u003cbr\u003e12 The Language of Value: Assets and Capital 203\u003cbr\u003e13 The Language of Value: Resources 227\u003cbr\u003e14 Ascribing Value to Knowledge and the Implications for Influence and Control 245\u003cbr\u003e15 The Inventory Audit: Auditing Knowledge Stocks 253\u003cbr\u003e16 Unhelpful Dualisms: The Personal-Collective Dualism 261\u003cbr\u003e17 Unhelpful Dualisms: The Tacit-Explicit Dualism 283\u003cbr\u003e18 Typologies of Personal Knowledge 293\u003cbr\u003e19 Typologies of Organizational Knowledge 301\u003cbr\u003e20 Toward Integration: Typologies of Functional Knowledge 331\u003cbr\u003e21 Conclusion: Possibilities 347\u003cbr\u003eReferences 355\u003cbr\u003eIndex 393“This book provides a comprehensive and critical review of mainstream knowledge management from its inception to the current day. It also covers the role and nature of knowledge audits, but it is much more than that. Lambe writes in an engaging and rigorous style, and this book represents a major contribution to the field with clear lessons for future development.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Dave Snowden, Director and Founder, the Cynefin Centre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Knowledge auditing is a key element in the study of organizational knowledge, and no one I know knows more about this than Patrick Lambe. He has the distinct advantage of being both a practitioner and a theorist, which gives him a very practical perspective on a subject that can be too abstract and elusive to the user.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Laurence Prusak, Principal of the Smart Mission Group; co-author of \u003ci\u003eWorking Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“Knowledge management has struggled to become a mainstream management practice for many organizations. How can that be? We are in the middle of a knowledge-driven economic era, where identifying and managing knowledge effectively and systematically should be one of the core activities for all organizations. This book is a great addition to the core knowledge management references, and it will benefit both practitioners and academics.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Vincent Ribiere, Managing Director of the Institute for Knowledge and Innovation Southeast Asia (IKI-SEA), Bangkok University\u003c\/b\u003ePatrick Lambe is Principal Consultant at Straits Knowledge. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrganising Knowledge: Taxonomies, Knowledge and Organisational Effectiveness\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Knowledge Manager's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Embedding Effective Knowledge Management in Your Organization\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300391309541,"sku":"NP9780262545037","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262545037.jpg?v=1767735129","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/principles-of-knowledge-auditing-isbn-9780262545037","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}