Contents -- Prologue: The Era of Knowledge Selection -- 1) The Current Situation of Employment and Work-Sharing in Japan -- 2) The Dawn of a New Era -- The development of digital and network technology -- Shortened lifespan of knowledge -- About the Authors -- Akira Ishikawa -- Isamu Naka -- Part 1: THE END OF KNOWLEDGE STOCK AND THE EMERGING KNOWLEDGE SELECTION RISK -- Chapter 1: The Shift in the Definition of "Knowledge" -- 1.1 TheRange of "Knowledge" -- 1) The range of "knowledge" in engineering -- 2) The range of "knowledge" in psychology -- 3) The range of "knowledge" in management theories -- 1.2 The Basic Nature of "Knowledge" -- Chapter 2: The Cost of Knowledge Transfer and the Motives Behind Knowledge Inheritance -- 2.1 Knowledge Transfer System -- 2.2 Two Costs of Knowledge Transfer Systems -- 2.3 Examples of Knowledge Transfer Cost -- 1) Cost of compulsory education -- 2) Training investment in companies -- 3) Qualification costs -- 4) The relationship between knowledge transfer costs and knowledge inheritance -- 2.4 Objectives of Knowledge Transfer -- Chapter 3: Knowledge Transfer Selection -- 3.1 Conditions of Knowledge Inheritance -- 3.2 Occurrence of Knowledge Selection Opportunities -- 1) Removing the obstacles to knowledge transfer -- 2) Acceleration of knowledge distribution -- 3) Shift of product choice from suppliers to consumers -- 3.3 Examples of Knowledge Selection in Corporations -- 3.4 Emerging Knowledge Selection Risk -- 3.5 The Acceleration of the Shortening of Knowledge Life by the Evolution of IT Technologies -- 1) Developments in the basic technology -- 2) The birth of XML web services -- Chapter 4: The Impact of Knowledge Selection -- 4.1 The Effect of Knowledge Selection on Organizations -- 4.2 The Conditions of the Lifetime Employment System -- 1) Organizations with single knowledge.

2) Organizations with multiple knowledge (diversification) -- a) Negative effect of existing knowledge -- b) Limited resources -- c) Diversity of competitors -- d) Investors' initiative -- 4.3 New Behavior Pattern -- Part 2: HOW TO MANAGE KNOWLEDGE SELECTION RISK -- Chapter 1: Tasks of Knowledge Selection Society -- Chapter 2: Visualization of Knowledge Demand -- 2.1 The Current Situation -- 2.2 Solutions (Supply Chain Management for Knowledge) -- 1) Standardization of knowledge -- 2) Visualization of personnel information -- 3) Supply chain management for knowledge -- 4) Personnel suppliers and career planning advisors -- Chapter 3: Matching of Knowledge Supply and Demand -- 3.1 The Current Situation -- 3.2 Solutions (Personnel Supply Derivative Business) -- 1) Introduction of personnel supply derivative business -- 2) Measures for career planning -- Chapter 4: Securing the Time Cost of Knowledge Transfer -- 4.1 The Current Situation -- 4.2 Solutions -- 1) Work-sharing as a measure to secure knowledge transfer time -- 2) Diversified Working Patterns Type work-sharing (new lifestyles in the Netherlands) -- 3) Securing time cost by work-sharing schemes -- 4) Work-sharing in Japan -- 5) Various situations of work-sharing in different countries -- Chapter 5: Improving the Efficiency of Knowledge Transfer Systems -- 5.1 TheCurrent Situation -- 5.2 Solutions -- 1) Developments in educational methods -- 2) Correcting the uneven distribution of study opportunities -- Chapter 6: The Framework of Knowledge Selection Society -- Epilogue: Summary -- Appendix: Positioning Analysis of Vendors Based on Customer Satisfaction Survey of "Application Related Service" Industry -- A.1 Purpose -- A.2 Method of Analysis -- 1) Objectives -- 2) Analysis data -- 3) Analysis method -- A.3 Results and Conclusions -- 1) Determination of the factors.

2) Factor loadings and final communality -- 3) Interpretation of factors -- References -- Bibliography -- Books -- Journal Articles -- Newspaper Articles/Other Periodicals -- Reports/Surveys/Company Press Releases -- Online Resources -- Index.