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The Architecture Primer

by Debra M. Amidon
Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997

Why an architecture in knowledge management? Isn't architecture simply the technology needed to manage knowledge?

Although knowledge management structures are often reliant on technology, it is strategy that should drive the architecture of your firm or organization. This 50-page primer tells you all you need to know about architecting a knowledge strategy.

It will show you that the knowledge and behaviour of employees as well as other stakeholders (both internal and external to the organization) can be driven underground and become more intangible unless they are properly managed. This essential intellectual capital of the firm must be properly managed through the knowledge strategy architecture. One chapter is devoted to explaining the new knowledge value proposition and its consequences. In other words it shows you why you need knowledge strategy architecture.

Another chapter explains in-depth the five aspects or what elements of the knowledge architecture need to be managed. These are as follows:

	Knowledge Economics
	Knowledge Structure
	Knowledge Workers
	Knowledge Process
	Knowledge Processing Technology

However, it is important that the architecture operates as a whole and that each element interacts fully with the others.

The next chapter deals with how to implement the Knowledge Innovation® architecture because innovation is key to strategy. The ten dimensions of management strategy covered in this chapter have emerged as the way to calibrate the organization's capacity to innovate.

Again the importance of managing these elements as a whole and not in isolation is emphasized. Too often the communication between finance and human resources or between human resources and information technology executives is lacking. This primer will show you how to surmount this challenge and architect an innovative organization that works across functions.

Each chapter ends with a series of frequently asked questions, such as how to manage the new organizations, what is the innovation process, and how leadership enables innovation.

This Architecture Primer is available electronically through the secure Amazon system. After clicking on the Amazon button on this page, you will be asked for credit card information to pay the $12.50 US and once approved, you will be able to download your copy.

To learn more about The Architecture Primer, see www.entovation.com/architecture.htm

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