Knowledge Economy : The Indian Challenge

by Ashoka Chandra

• ISBN13: 9788178299099
• ISBN10: 8178299097
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-02-09
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

Summary

Knowledge Economy: The Indian Challenge addresses the challenge of transforming the Indian economy into a knowledge economy. It looks at change management of the economy and highlights issues such as: Economic trends and critical activities contributing to the desired change Educational issues for preparing the human resources Structural issues for developing institutional frameworks Societal issues for ultimately benefiting the stakeholders

Author Biography

Ashoka Chandra is a scientist, technologist, educationist, human resource planner and administrator. He is currently Chair Professor, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Chair in Knowledge Economy at the International Management Institute, New Delhi and Chairman, National Institute of Technology, Patna. M.K. Khanijo is a senior advisor and research consultant at the International Management Institute, New Delhi, with 50 years experience in teaching, research, consultancy, and training in industry, educational institutions and research organizations.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. viii
List of Figures	p. x
List of Abbreviations	p. xii
Preface	p. xvi
Overview by Ashoka Chandra and M.K. Khanijo	p. xviii
Directions of Change towards a Knowledge Economy
Mapping the Directions of Transition from Industrial Economy to Knowledge Economy	p. 3
Conceptual and Assessment Dimensions of Knowledge Management: An Overview	p. 11
Knowledge Management in a Manufacturing Organization	p. 27
Structure and Behaviour of IT Firms in India	p. 33
Trends and Issues in Formulating Policy Initiatives and Developing Strategies of Change Management
India's Transition to Knowledge Economy: Variation across States	p. 47
An Approach to Developing Knowledge Economy Indicators for Individual States	p. 60
Knowledge Management Initiative and Practice for Moving towards Learning Organization and Business Excellence	p. 72
New Approaches to Management Research and Knowledge Building: Division, D-Vision and Direct Vision Approaches and Their Convergence	p. 83
A Note on Change Management Processes	p. 91
Human Resource Development for the Knowledge Economy
Identifying New Knowledge Streams in the Evolving Knowledge Economy	p. 97
Scope and Significance of Knowledge, Technology, R&D and Innovation Management for the Emerging Knowledge Economy
Key Stakeholders for the Knowledge Economy	p. 103
Knowledge, Science and Technology	p. 107
Innovation in Knowledge Economy	p. 114
Intellectual Property Rights in Knowledge Management	p. 125
Research Planning and Management in a Knowledge-intensive R&D Organization: The Case of CSIR-India	p. 134
Strategy and Structure in the Knowledge Enterprise	p. 147
Expectations of the SME Sector from Knowledge Economy	p. 152
New Public Management in the Emerging Knowledge Economy	p. 157
Creating a Network of Knowledge Institutions
Networking of Knowledge Institutions	p. 169
International Networking for Knowledge Management	p. 176
International Partnering for Capacity Building in IMTT: An IIFT Initiative	p. 184
Sensitivity to Self-Organization and Effectiveness of IT Networks in the Social Sector	p. 188
Application of Knowledge Management for Achieving Social Objectives
Promoting the Use of Knowledge Management as a Tool for Securing Larger Good of the Society	p. 197
Knowledge Management and Human Development	p. 208
Knowledge Management as a Change Driver	p. 221
A Digital Ecosystem Model for Competitive Agriculture in the Knowledge Economy	p. 232
Development Leadership in a Knowledge Economy	p. 242
Appendix: Towards Knowledge Society-A Discussion	p. 247
About the Editors and Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 254
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