This book shows how to turn intangible knowledge into tangible business value by creating an organization that is process, team and community based, and properly ICT enabled. It looks at knowledge management from a non-technical, integrated approach called Value-Based Knowledge Management. It shows how to build meaningful knowledge from the ideas and innovations that reside in company professionals, teams and communities. This book answers the question, "What value can be created for a company with knowledge?" It helps to design an organization that is founded on a structure that derives value from knowledge.

This book does not focus on ways to gather and manage the overgrowing stream of information flooding businesses today. This book helps create organizations that inspire knowledge professionals to adopt a higher level of performance, one based on creativity and intuition, flexibility and speed.

As well as including a teaser CD-ROM, the book is packed with many time-saving tools. It introduces over 200 innovative practices and case studies of renowned international companies that are meeting the challenges of the knowledge economy.