The Tiara of Knowledge Management
This book provides an overview of the authors’ thoughts and perspective on Human Capital . Human Capital may be defined as the sum total of attitude and skills required for accomplishing a task that comes into existence because of education , exposure and experience . The Human Capital is part of Intellectual which is the most important part of the three components of Intellectual Capital and the rest two are known as Structural or Organizational and Social Capital . The management of Human Capital is dependent on , and; is an integral part of the Knowledge Management coupled with emerging field of Wisdom Management .
This book is an endeavor to trace the interrelatedness of the Human Capital as a part of Knowledge Management (KM ) as depicted in Rigveda ( ‘Ved’ means Knowledge ) and is in consonance with the latest trend of KM as on date . Though the Indian i.e. oriental thought , as envisaged in Rigveda has delineated the KM under Shruti Tradition depicting the mantra of KM which is described in 1.81.1 . In a way, knowledge was recorded during C. 1500-1200 BCE which is known as Rigveda ; but the same was relegated to the oblivion till Ralph T.H. Griffith translated Rigveda into English in 1912 subsequent to its earlier translation into German in 1845 by Max Muller . The usefulness of this ancient KM into the modern KM as propounded by IT Companies in 1996 onwards led by the successful implementation of KM in MS, and it started ; a chain of KM as an effective tool for optimization for C – Suite executives in corporate world across the globe. This new form of KM has been implemented by almost all the modern organizations .This book is an attempt to pinpoint the ways , tools , drivers ,in addition to ; the skills required by the managers in implementing KM in an organization in 21st Century besides underlining the prominence of Human Capital as an eternal source for remaining at the pinnacle .
