The knowledge executive : leadership in an information society
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0525243070
ISBN 13
9780525243076
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Unknown
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Publication Year
1985
Publisher
Pages
261
Subject
Leadership. Executive ability. Information science--Social aspects. Information services--Management. Information society.
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Abstract
After surveying the evolution of the leader's role as a generalist, Cleveland discusses how information has replaced material things as the major resource that must be managed, and he goes on to discuss how attempting to manage information using techniques developed to manage things will cause trouble for leaders. He considers some of the social changes that will be necessary for a successful transition to leadership in an information-dominated world, suggesting that schooling at all levels must integrate formerly distinct branches of knowledge and emphasize global causes and effects; he suggests further that the best use to which society can put older members of the work force may well be to continue to use their accumulated wisdom.
Description
Foreword -- 1. The get-it-all-together profession -- 2. The knowledge dynamic -- 3. Control : the twilight of hierarchy -- 4. Secrecy : costs and benefits of openness -- 5. Ownership : knowledge as a shared resource -- 6. Privilege : the fairness revolution -- 7. Geopolitics : the passing of remoteness -- 8. The social fallout of knowledge -- 9. A harness for technology -- 10. The generalist mind-set -- 11. Education for leadership -- 12. The knowledge seniors : commencement at 65 -- Afterword.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-250) and index.
Number of Copies
1
