Knowledge Strategies

This Element shows how to think strategically in knowledge management and how to deal with uncertainty developing knowledge strategies.

This Element explains the strategizing process and presents the knowledge strategies as a result of that complex mental process. This Element also expands on how knowledge is a strategic resource of any organization and why its deployment is critical in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.Knowledge is a strategic resource of any organization and its deployment is critical in achieving a sustainable competitive advantage. Knowledge strategies were born at the intersection of strategic thinking and knowledge management. Strategic thinking is a mental process of understanding the future and, based on that understanding, of searching for practical ways of achieving a competitive advantage on the market. Strategic thinking is operating in the opportunity space of the organization. The book explains the strategizing process and presents the knowledge strategies as a result of that complex mental process. Organizations can design deliberate and emergent knowledge strategies, which can be integrated into the corporate vision and its strategies.