Intangible capital : putting knowledge to work in the 21st-century organization /
Mary Adams and Michael Oleksak ; foreword by Leif Edvinsson.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2010.
- xvii, 171 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Knowledge is the new oil -- Intangibles are the new raw materials -- Intellectual capital is the new factory -- Networks are the new organization charts -- Orchestration is the new command and control -- Innovation is the new strategy -- Intellectual capital expenditure is the new capital expenditure -- Assessment is the new balance sheet -- Performance management is the new income statement -- Reputation is the new bottom line.
Adams and Oleksak (co-founders and consultants, Trek Consulting) have written a guidebook for business leaders who want to make the most of their organization by moving from a standard business model to one that more successfully reflects today's knowledge-based economy. The authors explain that today's business climate requires a discipline of intangibles management. They have taken the traditional industrial era management building blocks and established their knowledge-era equivalents. Each chapter ends with an exercise that allows readers the content to their own businesses and a resource section.