The monster under the bed : how business is mastering the opportunity of knowledge for profit

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

The monster under the bed : how business is mastering the opportunity of knowledge for profit

Stan Davis and Jim Botkin

Simon & Schuster, c1994

  • :pbk.

Available at  / 7 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

ISBN 9780671871079

Description

Companies in the business of providing knowledge for profit will dominate the 21st-century global marketplace. The authors advise on how to accomplish this. The book is full of examples from companies that have succeeded in making their businesses more profitable.
Volume

:pbk. ISBN 9780684804385

Description

Companies in the business of providing knowledge -- for profit -- will dominate the 21st-century global marketplace. Can your business compete? In today's fast-paced world, knowledge is doubling nearly every seven years, while the life cycle of a business grows increasingly shorter. The best way -- and perhaps the only way -- to succeed is to become a "knowledge-based" business. In The Monster Under the Bed, Stan Davis and Jim Botkin show how: * Every business can become a knowledge business * Every employee can become a knowledge worker * Every customer can become a lifelong learner The Monster Under the Bed explains why it's necessary for businesses to educate employees and consumers. Consider the fact that the vast majority of 60 million PC owners, for example, learned to use their computers not at school but at work or at home. Davis and Botkin explain how any high-tech, low-tech, or no-tech company can discover new markets and create new sources of income by building future business on a knowledge-for-profit basis -- and how, once it does, its competitors must follow or fail. Filled with examples of high-profile companies that are riding the crest of this powerful wave, The Monster Under the Bed is an insightful exploration of the many ways that the knowledge-for-profit revolution will profoundly affect our businesses, our educational processes, and our everyday lives.

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction: THE SEVEN WAYS The Monster Under Megan's Bed The Seven Ways Knowledge for Profit Chapter 1: THE RELUCTANT HEIR From Church to State to Business The First Time 'Round "It's Deja Vu All Over Again" This Time the Motivation Is Economic Values Determine Which Problems Are Adduced Chapter 2: FOUR STEPS TO WISDOM Any Business Can Become a Knowledge Business 1-2 Learning 2-3 Learning Get Smart The Knowledgeburger When Business Becomes Educator, Consumers Become Learners 3-4 Learning: So You Want to Get into the Wisdom Business Chapter 3: THE CHATTER, THE STRING, AND THE CAN Value Chains Educating without School Humanizing, the Next Technology Platform Voice Recognition Touch Technologies Handwriting Recognition Video Personal Agents Interactive Multimedia Business before Schools Chapter 4: L'EARNING POWER Worlds Apart Thirteen New Hazards Business School Hardly Change Education-Intensive Companies "Corporate University" Equivalents Even Small Companies Do It Heal Thyself through Learning Investing in Our Future Chapter 5: THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS A LEARNING ORGANIZATION Organizationitis Every Business Will Organize around Services Productivity-Based Organizations Networked Organizations The Quest for Fast Organizations Flexibility in People and in Organizations Organizing Smart School for Learning Students Global Reach Chapter 6: THE SIX R'S The Impact of Business on School R#1 Risks R#2 Results R#3 Rewards R#4 Relationships R#5 Research R#6 Rivalry Chapter 7: FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE Beware the Two-Tier Society Can We Balance Prosperity and Freedom? Take-aways The Seven Ways Notes Acknowledgements Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top