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Managing Flow

A Process Theory of the Knowledge-Based Firm

By: Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata

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Hardcover | 25 July 2008 | Edition Number 1

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There is currently a great shift towards a knowledge-based economy, where knowledge is the most important resource, superseding the traditional resources of land, capital and labour. With this in mind, this book presents the latest developments in knowledge creation and management theory by the leading scholar in the field, Ikujiro Nonaka. It expands on and enriches existing knowledge-based theory, and explores process theory in 10 case studies of successful Japanese firms, such as Honda, Toyota and Canon. It explores knowledge management as a global concept and is relevant to any company that wants to prosper and thrive in the global knowledge economy.

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"Nonaka and his co-authors must be congratulated on developing an understanding of this ephemeral concept of knowledge, and on widening it out beyond business objectives to general wellbeing." - Gordon Harris, Professional Manager

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List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Foreword: From the Management of R&D to Knowledge Management	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
Introduction: Why We Need a New Theory of the Knowledge-Based Firm	p. 1
The Characteristics of Knowledge	p. 6
Knowledge is subjective	p. 7
Knowledge is process-relational	p. 9
Knowledge is aesthetic	p. 12
Knowledge is created through practice	p. 13
Towards a process theory of the knowledge-based firm	p. 14
The Theoretical Framework	p. 18
The SECI model	p. 18
A dynamic model of knowledge as the creating process	p. 26
Leading the Knowledge-Creating Firm	p. 53
The abilities that constitute phronesis	p. 55
Exercising phronesis	p. 65
Conclusion	p. 66
Vision and Driving Objectives: Values for the Common Good	p. 70
Eisai Co., Ltd	p. 70
Honda Motor Co., Ltd	p. 87
Implications	p. 103
Ba	p. 107
Mayekawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd	p. 107
KUMON Institute of Education Co., Ltd	p. 120
Implications	p. 133
Dialogue and Practice: Leveraging Organizational Dialectics	p. 138
Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd	p. 138
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd - Muji	p. 156
Implications	p. 170
Dynamic Knowledge Assets in Process	p. 174
YKK Corporation	p. 174
JFE Steel Corporation	p. 185
Implications	p. 201
Leadership: Fostering Distributed Excellence in the Organization	p. 206
Canon Inc.	p. 207
Toyota Motor Corporation - Prius project	p. 220
Implications	p. 231
Conclusions	p. 241
New developments	p. 241
Future challenges	p. 244
Notes on Authors	p. 246
Index	p. 247
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