The Essential Guide to
Knowledge Management
E-Business and CRM
Applications
This is the no-nonsense,
real-world briefing on knowledge management and customer relationship management for every
business decision-maker and IT professional! In one easy-to-understand book, a leading KM
consultant explains exactly how to benefit from knowledge-enabled, customer-centric CRM
technologies-and offers a proven, 7-step roadmap for implementation!
How KM and CRM work-and how
they impact existing processes and IT infrastructure
Using KM and CRM to leverage
your strengths, maximize your employees' efforts, and deepen customer loyalty
The Customer Knowledge Value
Chain: knowledge-based individualization and long-term learning relationships
Aligning e-business strategy
and technology choices: getting beyond "The Innovator's Dilemma"
Team-building and
goal-setting for winning KM/CRM projects
Auditing your existing
knowledge and customer relationship systems
Corporate culture: key
changes you may need to make, and how to make them
Architectures, technology
frameworks, platforms, and integration issues
Results-driven development
and deployment techniques
Detailed metrics: evaluating
your system and identifying key opportunities for improvement
The better you understand
your customers' needs, the better you can serve them-and with today's breakthrough KM/CRM
systems, you'll understand them better than ever before. Start leveraging KM/CRM for
competitive advantage ncw-with The Essential Guide to Knowledge Management.
About the Author
AMRIT TIWANA researches
e-business applications of KM and teaches IS at the J. Mack Robinson Business School,
Georgia State University, Atlanta. He has served as a columnist and contributing editor
for several professional technology publications, and frequently contributes to various
research and trade journals.
A reader's rave review for
Tiwana's first KM book, The Knowledge Management Toolkit
"I am 99.9% sure that if
your company follows Amrit's roadmap to building a KMS, you will not only be a successful
company, you will be an industry leader. Definitely 5 stars...CO BUY THIS BOOK!"
315 pages