Management and Knowledge Management Book Reviews
by Dr. Moria Levy

WEB 2.0 and its implications for organizational knowledge management explains how participatory web tools reshape knowledge sharing by turning users into active contributors, not just consumers. Its practical value lies in showing how blogs, wikis, tagging, RSS, and social platforms can strengthen organizational learning, collaboration, and more adaptive knowledge management. As an ordinary individual, I've recently encountered the concept of WEB 2.0 quite frequently. As someone deeply...

The Practice of Management frames management as a discipline built on purpose, objectives, accountability, and the effective use of people and knowledge. Its practical value lies in showing that knowledge management creates impact only when aligned to business goals, integrated into work, and used to improve decisions, performance, and organizational learning. In November 2005, the father of management theory and one of its luminaries, Peter Drucker, passed away. Renowned for seamlessly...

Learning from experience is a reflective process that challenges existing beliefs, builds accurate mental “maps,” and turns real situations into meaningful insights. By developing skills in generalization, focus, and interpretation, individuals and organizations improve decision-making, avoid distorted perceptions, and strengthen their ability to learn, adapt, and perform effectively in complex environments. Learning from experience poses inherent challenges as it necessitates scrutinizing...

The Psychology of the Internet explains how online behavior- trust formation, identity cues, group dynamics, altruism, and digital communication norms- shapes knowledge sharing. Its practical value lies in showing that successful virtual communities depend not just on technology, but on designing for trust, social connection, usability, and human behavior. Writing a research-based book is a time-consuming process that spans several years. The decision to embark on such research is rooted in...

Learning from experience is a continuous cycle that integrates concrete experience, reflection, conceptualization, and experimentation. By balancing personal intuition with analytical thinking, individuals and organizations transform everyday activities into structured knowledge, strengthen learning styles, and improve adaptability, decision-making, and long-term professional development. The association that typically comes to mind when studying is linked to the school period, university, or...

Hedlund’s A Knowledge Management Model and the Organizational N-FORM Structure defines knowledge creation as movement across tacit and explicit knowledge levels, supported by a heterarchical organizational design. The book’s practical value lies in showing how N-FORM structures can strengthen innovation, horizontal collaboration, and adaptive knowledge development in dynamic environments. Most knowledge management enthusiasts have heard of NONAKA, one of the pioneers and leaders in knowledge...

Nonaka and Takeuchi’s The Knowledge-Creating Company defines organizational knowledge creation through the SECI model, where tacit and explicit knowledge interact in a continuous spiral. The book’s practical value lies in showing how organizations can foster innovation, collaboration, and adaptive learning through structures and conditions that enable systematic knowledge development. In 1995, shortly after Peter Drucker coined the term "knowledge workers," the exploration of knowledge...

Kim and Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy defines value innovation as creating new market space by increasing customer value while reducing costs. The book’s practical value lies in showing how organizations can escape competition, redesign value propositions, and use structured strategic tools to generate innovation, differentiation, and profitable growth. Since the release of Nonke and Takeuchi's seminal work, "The Knowledge-Creating Company," in 1995, numerous individuals have grappled with...

Hatch’s Organization Theory defines organizations as dynamic systems shaped by structure, culture, technology, and environment, understood through modern, symbolic, and postmodern perspectives. The book’s practical value lies in helping organizations design context-sensitive knowledge management, strengthen learning methods, and build adaptive systems that avoid one-size-fits-all solutions. Knowledge management does not function in isolation. It is widely acknowledged that there are no...

Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fish’s Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution defines effective change as moving beyond repeated first-order solutions toward second-order reframing that alters the problem itself. The book’s practical value lies in helping organizations break persistent patterns, solve paradoxical challenges, and apply deeper change methods to innovation and knowledge management. In 1979, Watzlawick, Weakland, and Fish published their classic book "Change:...

Senge’s The Fifth Discipline defines a learning organization as one built through personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and systems thinking. The book’s practical value lies in helping organizations strengthen knowledge sharing, improve adaptive learning, and use systems thinking to support innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Peter Senge's 1990 book The Fifth Discipline has unquestionably earned its status as a classic in management literature. The...