Knowledge management and information systems : strategies for growing organizations / Robert Mellor. / Mellor, Robert B.

Includes index.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.