Managing Knowledge Workers: A New HR Paradigm

In the 21st century, managing knowledge workers has become essential and challenging. Managing these knowledge workers efficiently makes companies achieve their targets. In view of this, various organizations have adopted several techniques and strategies to deal with this challenge, thereby, enhancing the productivity of the entire organization. In this context, the book focuses on certain issues pertaining to managing knowledge workers. Much of the work the knowledge workers do is invisible and difficult to measure. They are also a growing part of the ever growing corporate workforce and their skills are difficult to replace. They are instrumental to the success of the knowledge-based organization. In the present scenario, companies by and large are recognizing the value of knowledge workers to increase their production activities and also to successfully plan their survival in the global market. In future, knowledge management will definitely become successful in enhancing the performance of organizations. This issue needs to be addressed seriously in order to have a successful economy. Countries having organizations with good management skills will retain their workforce which would become an asset to their economies. This book comprises two sections. The first section deals with perspectives of what managing knowledge worker is and the related issues. The second section is on HR paradigms on the issue of managing knowledge workers.