Executive's Guide to
Knowledge Management:
The Last Competitive
Advantage
James J. Stapleton
Description
A step-by-step guide for
turning information into advantage
This book describes a ten-step method that empowers companies to transform their
information into knowledge, helping managers develop and maintain a balanced knowledge
plan, solve information shortfalls, and take advantage of the information at their
fingertips.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Chapter 1: Infomentality.
Your Infomentality.
Intelligence-Gathering
Mentality.
Elements of the
Intelligence-Gathering Mentality.
Your Intelligence-Gathering
Plan.
Fear Accepted Wisdom.
The Trap of Mundane Tasks.
Conclusion.
Chapter 2: InfoGoals.
Simple Information Request.
Understand the Source
Information.
Synthesize the Data.
Disseminate the Knowledge.
Act on the Knowledge.
Update the Knowledge.
What Businesses Need.
Risks.
The Ultimate Goal.
Conclusion.
Chapter 3: Building
Knowledge.
Choose Your Parameters
Carefully.
The Knowledge Advantage.
The 10-Step Process for
Building Useful Knowledge.
Information Basics.
Conclusion.
Chapter 4: Intelligence
Gathering.
Why Information Gathering Is
Important to Sales.
Information Gathering as a
Basic Skill.
External Information Sources.
Opinions.
Aim of the Knowledge
Management Program: Getting and Keeping New Clients.
Basic Elements of Successful
Information Gathering.
What Does a Buyer Look For?
Why Does a Buyer Seek a
Particular Product or Service?
When Does a Buyer Make Those
Purchases?
How Does a Prospective Buyer
Choose Among Sources?
Where Can You Find Contact
Information?
Who Should You Speak With?
Conclusion.
Chapter 5: Competitor
Information.
Your Competition: Colleagues
or Enemies?
Gathering Information on Your
Competitors.
Sources of Competitor
Information.
What You Should Know About
Your Competition.
Keep a Central Database.
Conclusion.
Chapter 6: Customer
Relations.
What Constitutes Good
Service?
What Do Customers Want?
Communication.
Surveys.
Exit Interviews.
Entry Interviews.
Information Sources.
Customer Base.
Competing Through Knowledge.
Misinformation.
Conclusion.
Chapter 7: Referral Source
Information.
The Art of Networking.
The Right Knowledge.
Successful Relations with
Information Sources.
Conclusion.
Chapter 8: Infoplan.
Why We Gather Information.
Why You Must Plan.
The Planning Process.
Why Information-Gathering
Plans Fail.
Conclusion.
Conclusion.
The Future of Knowledge
Management.
The Last Competitive
Advantage.
Where to Find Additional
Information.
Appendix A: Information
Associations.
Appendix B: Sources of
Information and Analyses.
Index.
234 pages