Lost Knowledge Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce

Name: Lost Knowledge Confronting the Threat of an Aging Workforce
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ISBN: 9780195170979

ISBN-10: 0195170970

ISBN-13: 9780195170979

Edition: 2004

Authors: David W. DeLong

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Executives today recognize that their firms face a wave of retirements over the next decade as the baby boomers hit retirement age. At the other end of the talent pipeline, the younger workforce is developing a different set of values and expectations, which creates new recruiting and employee retention issues. The evolution from an older, traditional, highly-experienced workforce to a younger, more mobile, employee base poses significant challenges, particularly when considered in the context of the long-term orientation towards downsizing and cost cutting. This is a solution-oriented book to address one of the most pressing management problems of the coming years: How do organizations…

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List price: $38.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/9/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.18" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



The High Cost of Losing Intellectual Capital



The Landscape of Lost Knowledge



Diagnosing the Strategic Impacts of Lost Knowledge



A Strategic Framework for Action



Evaluating Knowledge Retention Practices



Developing an HR Infrastructure for Knowledge Retention



Improving the Transfer of Explicit Knowledge



Transferring Implicit and Tacit Knowledge



Applying IT to Capture, Store, and Share Intellectual Capital



After the Knowledge Is Gone



Implementing Retention Strategies



Stemming the Flow of Lost Knowledge: Stories of Early Adopters



Launching Knowledge Retention Initiatives: Principles for Action



Overcoming Organizational Barriers to Knowledge Retention



Creating the Future: Thinking Strategically about Knowledge Retention


Notes


Index