The Alignment of Organizational Knowledge andBusiness Strategies: Concepts, Frameworks, Models, and Performance ImpactAnalysis

The alignment concept has traditionally beenapplied in the IT, HR, and Strategic Management fields. This book breaks that tradition by extending alignment into the knowledge management (KM) field. It focuses on knowledge resources alignment and the performance impact of aligning knowledge and business strategies. Casting knowledge as a key performance differentiator, the author examinesthe scope, essence, and importance of knowledge alignment. The author identifies and discusses strategies used in managing knowledge, differentiates between KM strategies and knowledgestrategies, elaborates how organizations cancraft their knowledge strategies based on thestrategy diamond, and develops frameworks andmodels for alignment in KM. Using empirical data, analignment model based on the strategic knowledgeorientation of organizatons is validated followed byan analysis of the relationship and performanceimpact of aligning knowledge and business strategies.The book is timely and an asset to managers who wantto understand and apply the alignment concept intheir KM initiatives and to academicians and studentsengaged in research, teaching, and learning in the KMfield.