Management and Knowledge Management Book Reviews
by Dr. Moria Levy

Our Iceberg Is Melting presents change management as an eight-step process for leading transformation, from creating urgency to embedding change in culture. Its practical value lies in translating complex change principles into a simple story that helps leaders communicate change, mobilize people, overcome resistance, and sustain organizational adaptation. John Kotter is undoubtedly familiar to many, recognized as the guru of change management worldwide in recent decades. Based on the book...

Outliers reframes success as the product of opportunity, deliberate practice, culture, and context- not talent alone. Its practical value lies in showing how investment, timing, environment, and social structures can be designed to expand opportunity, develop capability, and improve the conditions that enable exceptional performance. " Outliers: The Story of Success ," penned by Malcolm Gladwell in 2008 and translated into Hebrew by Sarah Rypin in 2009, is an international non-fiction...

A Whole New Mind argues that future advantage will come from combining analytical thinking with design, empathy, storytelling, synthesis, play, and meaning. Its practical value lies in showing how individuals and organizations can cultivate these capabilities to innovate, differentiate, and create value in an economy shaped by automation, abundance, and global competition. This book is captivating and groundbreaking in its conceptualization, delving into the forthcoming post-knowledge...

Lost Knowledge highlights how aging workforces and turnover threaten critical organizational capabilities. By combining HR systems, mentoring, documentation, supportive technology, and targeted risk analysis, organizations can identify at-risk expertise, transfer overt and tacit knowledge, and build sustainable practices that protect performance, innovation, and long-term resilience. The book, authored by David Delong in 2004, is an exceptional resource dedicated to knowledge preservation. It...

Leading in a Culture of Change defines effective leadership as building moral purpose, navigating complexity, strengthening relationships, developing knowledge, and creating coherence amid continuous change. Its practical value lies in showing how leaders can foster adaptability, shared learning, and sustained improvement without relying on rigid change formulas. This book, " Leading in a Culture of Change ," authored by Michael Fullan in 2001, is exceptional. It sets itself apart from...

Business Intelligence defines BI as the disciplined use of data warehouses, analytics, performance management, and visualization to turn data into insight, decisions, and action. The book’s practical value lies in helping organizations understand BI architectures, choose suitable tools, and use data more effectively to improve performance, forecasting, and decision-making. This 2008 ״ Business Intelligence ״ book, written by Ephraim Torben, Ramesh Scharda, Jay Aronson, and David King, is a...

Thinking for a Living examines how organizations can improve the productivity of knowledge workers by addressing workflow, technology, skills, environment, and management. The book’s practical value lies in helping leaders understand knowledge work more clearly and apply targeted methods to increase effectiveness, collaboration, and business performance. Like all of Prof. Tom Davenport's books I've explored in knowledge management and business intelligence, " Thinking for a Living "...

What They Didn’t Tell You About Knowledge Management presents knowledge management as a practical discipline combining people, processes, technology, and measurement to improve knowledge use and organizational performance. The book’s value lies in helping organizations choose suitable KM approaches, avoid common implementation mistakes, and build sustainable, strategically aligned knowledge practices. Published in 2006, " What They Didn't Tell You About Knowledge Management " was written by...

Making Innovation Work explains that innovation succeeds when it is treated as a managed discipline rather than spontaneous creativity. The book’s practical value lies in showing how strategy, structure, measurement, learning, rewards, and culture must work together so organizations can turn ideas into sustained business results. This book, " Making Innovation Work ," presents a truly innovative exploration of innovation. Authored by David Epstein (The Jewish Connection?) and Shelton, it...

Making Sense of Change Management explains that successful change does not follow a single formula; it requires matching the right approach to individuals, teams, organizations, and leadership contexts. Its practical value lies in helping managers understand different change models and combine them wisely for restructuring, culture shifts, mergers, and process change. Numerous books have explored and will likely continue to delve into change management, a nuanced and complex field that...

Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice presents knowledge management as a structured discipline that connects theory with practical action across capture, sharing, application, strategy, culture, measurement, and technology. Its value lies in giving organizations a full framework for turning tacit and explicit knowledge into reusable assets that improve learning, decision-making, innovation, and performance. The book " Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice ," by Kimiz Dalkir in...

Developing a Framework for Knowledge Management for Global Projects shows that global project success depends on combining knowledge management, communication, and collaboration across cultures, virtual teams, and distributed stakeholders. Its practical value lies in offering a framework for capturing, sharing, and reusing project knowledge to improve coordination, reduce risk, and strengthen outcomes in international projects. The book titled " Developing a Framework for Knowledge...