This book addresses key topics related to organization design and knowledge management in the digital economy with organizational context, particularly in Asia. Asian nations are moving fast toward the digital economy, within which the role of organization design and knowledge management is crucial to support innovative and creative ideas for meeting huge market opportunities where customers are ready for digitalization.
The book conceptualizes organization design into three dimensions, people, information, and technology, and offers readers a unique valued insight, bringing new perspectives to understanding emerging business opportunities and challenges in Asia. It presents a valuable collection of 14 chapters with empirical studies from leading researchers. The book addresses digital transformation in companies and organizations in Asia, analysing how disruptive technologies can help them have more efficient organization processes, create innovative products and services, be more resilient and achieve sustainable goals in the post-pandemic time. It fills a gap in the market offering a valuable collection of chapters that combines strategic topics for companies, organizations and nations today, such as digital economy, disruptive technologies, big data and knowledge management, with a specific focus on the Asian region, providing rich examples and studies focused in countries and regions within Asia.
Written for scholars, researchers and other specialists in digitalization, this book offers a unique collection of insights into the current and future situation in Asia.
About the Author: Mohammad Nabil Almunawar is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics, Universiti of Brunei Darussalam (UBDSBE), Brunei Darussalam. His overall research interests include applications of IT in management, e-business/commerce, digital marketplace/platform, digital business ecosystem, health informatics, information security, and cloud computing. Currently, he focuses his research on digital platforms and the digital business ecosystem. He published more than 100 papers in refereed journals, books, book chapters. He is an associate editor of Asian Business and Information Management (IJABIM) and a member of many editorial boards of international journals.
Md Zahidul Islam is an Associate Professor at the School of Business and Economics at University Brunei Darussalam (UBD). His teaching and research interests focus on Strategic Management, Human Resource Management, and Knowledge Management. His research work has appeared in such a journal as International Journal of Information Management, Management Decision, Journal of Database Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management and VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems.
Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos is a Professor in the Department of Business Administration in the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Oviedo, Spain. Her teaching and research interests focus on the areas of strategic management, knowledge management, intellectual capital, human resources management, and IT. She is Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management and also serves as Executive Editor of the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the book series titled Routledge Advances in Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management.
