Describes the importance of knowledge to today's organizations. Offers insight into how knowledge can be obtained and cultivated. Provides a variety of persepctives, including sociology, economics, and management science.

First Published in 1997. The second in the readers' series, Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy, Knowledge In Organisations gives an overview of how knowledge is valued and used in organisations. It gives readers excellent grounding in how best to understand the highest valued asset they have in their organisations.