The Role of Leadership in Knowledge Organizations: Advanced Methods in the Management of Technology and Innovation

Leaders play a central role in the process of managing organizational knowledge. Leaders provide vision, motivation, systems and structures at all levels of the organization that facilitate the conversion of knowledge into competitive advantages. Examining the role of leadership in converting knowledge into competitive advantages is important to our understanding of leaders and organizations. The aim of this research is to investigate the critical role of leadership in identifying the knowledge organizations and to give an increased understanding of what de main barriers are that stand in the way of examine the basis for rewarding employee performance at result of knowledge leads to innovations. Today, the role of leadership in knowledge organizations is regarded as more vital, less vulnerable and more successful.