Understanding the Knowledge Environment

Abstract

Knowledge and other intangibles such as leadership and experience are valuable commodities to the Army and a driving force behind the emerging human capital strategy initiatives. In a 1994 Fortune Magazine article, Tom Stewart warned companies to focus less on what they own and more on what they know: their intellectual capital. Since then, Peter Drucker, among others, has identified knowledge as the new basis of competition in post-capitalist society, and Stanford economist Paul Romer has called knowledge the only unlimited resource. In the mid-90s, the term knowledge management was used to address the shortcomings of information technology to deliver on the promise of improved effectiveness and increased efficiency.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA562154

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People

  • Michael Prevou

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Climate Change
  • Commerce
  • Community Of Practice
  • Competition
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Electronic Mail
  • Environment
  • Information Systems
  • Knowledge Management
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Teamwork
  • Training

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  • Military History
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.