- Paperback: 236 pages
- Publisher: Springer; Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000 edition (Dec 7 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9048155207
- ISBN-13: 978-9048155200
- Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.3 x 0.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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This book brings together three great motifs of the network society: the search for and use of information by individuals and groups; the creation and application of knowledge in organizations; and the fundamental transformation of these activities as they take place on the World Wide Web and corporate intranets. As research endeavors, these streams overlap and share conceptual constructs, perspectives, and methods of analysis. Although these overlaps and shared concerns are sometimes apparent in published research, there have been few attempts to connect these ideas explicitly and identify cross-disciplinary themes. This book is an attempt to fill this void. Audience: The book's primary audience is faculty and students in masters and doctoral programs in information science, information systems, and management schools. Consultants and organizations designing and implementing intranets and portals will find the book useful in providing research-based insights into how information search and knowledge sharing may be enhanced.
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Brings together the three great motifs of the network society: the seeking and using of information by individuals and groups, the creation and application of knowledge in organizations, and the fundamental transformation of these activities as they are enacted on the World Wide Web and corporate intranets.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An over-priced but worthwhile book for academics,
By Dick Stenmark (Sweden) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web (Hardcover)
This book has three separate sections, and though the sections are related they differ in style and approach. The first section, which can be attributed to Professor Choo, pretty much contains the same stuff as in his book "The Knowing Organisation", but condensed and more to the point. If you haven't read TKO there's no need to buy it after having read section one in this book. If you have read TKO, well, section one summarises and explains it to you. Theoretical frameworks regarding information needs, information seeking and information use is covered in Chapter 1, while Chapter 2 discusses the relationship between data, information, and knowledge. Choo also advocated his own typology of organisational knowledge: tacit, explicit, and cultural knowledge. Taken together, section one forms a theoretical foundation for knowledge work, but since not much of it is visible in the rest of the book it is kind of a stand-alone framework.Section two, which can be traced to the work of Detlor, deals with intranets as a platform for knowledge work (Chapter 3) and discusses how intranets can be designed to support such work (Chapter 4). In my opinion, this is the real contribution of the book. The author(s?) does a good job bringing together lessons from different academic fields and offers many interesting references to related work. Section 2 is thus a gold mine for graduate and PhD students engaged in research efforts. The conclusions are however on a meta level and perhaps a bit difficult for the average business person to apply and appreciate. Section three, finally, seems to be the result of Turnbull's work examining how people use the Web to find information. Continuing in an academic style, Chapter 5 first guides us through the use of various statistical methods for literature analysis and then presents a number of browsing strategies found in the literature. In Chapter 6, some hands-on results are finally presented in form of bar charts, correlation tables, and other graphics. Although I find this section less interesting, it is the one with the most practical lessons and results and may thus be appreciated by practitioners.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An over-priced but worthwhile book for academics,
By Dick Stenmark - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web (Hardcover)
This book has three separate sections, and though the sections are related they differ in style and approach. The first section, which can be attributed to Professor Choo, pretty much contains the same stuff as in his book "The Knowing Organisation", but condensed and more to the point. If you haven't read TKO there's no need to buy it after having read section one in this book. If you have read TKO, well, section one summarises and explains it to you. Theoretical frameworks regarding information needs, information seeking and information use is covered in Chapter 1, while Chapter 2 discusses the relationship between data, information, and knowledge. Choo also advocated his own typology of organisational knowledge: tacit, explicit, and cultural knowledge. Taken together, section one forms a theoretical foundation for knowledge work, but since not much of it is visible in the rest of the book it is kind of a stand-alone framework.Section two, which can be traced to the work of Detlor, deals with intranets as a platform for knowledge work (Chapter 3) and discusses how intranets can be designed to support such work (Chapter 4). In my opinion, this is the real contribution of the book. The author(s?) does a good job bringing together lessons from different academic fields and offers many interesting references to related work. Section 2 is thus a gold mine for graduate and PhD students engaged in research efforts. The conclusions are however on a meta level and perhaps a bit difficult for the average business person to apply and appreciate. Section three, finally, seems to be the result of Turnbull's work examining how people use the Web to find information. Continuing in an academic style, Chapter 5 first guides us through the use of various statistical methods for literature analysis and then presents a number of browsing strategies found in the literature. In Chapter 6, some hands-on results are finally presented in form of bar charts, correlation tables, and other graphics. Although I find this section less interesting, it is the one with the most practical lessons and results and may thus be appreciated by practitioners. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge, cultural knowledge,
By Dr. Mohamed Taher - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Web Work: Information Seeking and Knowledge Work on the World Wide Web (Hardcover)
Enterprise integration is a must today and this can be achieved by combining infostructure and infrastructure resources. Choo's prescription here provides a framework for assessment of knowledge management using best business practices in Web-based environments. It, also, facilitates furthering knowledge management studies in relation to return on investment in a corporate culture. To achieve this end a direct route is prescribed in this book. It has to be based on the integration of organizational knowledge, i.e. using Choo's favorite trio: tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge and cultural knowledge.
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