The Knowing-doing gap : how smart companies turn knowledge into action / Jeffrey Pfeffer, Robert I. Sutton.

By:

Pfeffer, Jeffrey

Contributor(s):

Sutton, Robert I

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, c2000.Description: xv, 314 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

1578511240 (alk. paper)

Other title:

How smart companies turn knowledge into action

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.4038 PFE 21

LOC classification:

HD30.2 .P486 1999

Summary: Why are there so many gaps between what firms know they should do and what they actually do? Why do so many companies fail to implement the experience and insight they've worked so hard to acquire? The Knowing-Doing Gap is the first book to confront the challenge of turning knowledge about how to improve performance into actions that produce measurable results. The authors identify the causes of the knowing-doing gap and explain how to close it. The message is clear firms that turn knowledge into action avoid the "smart talk trap."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-294) and index.

Why are there so many gaps between what firms know they should do and what they actually do? Why do so many companies fail to implement the experience and insight they've worked so hard to acquire? The Knowing-Doing Gap is the first book to confront the challenge of turning knowledge about how to improve performance into actions that produce measurable results. The authors identify the causes of the knowing-doing gap and explain how to close it. The message is clear firms that turn knowledge into action avoid the "smart talk trap."

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