Thinking for a Living

Thinking for a living by Thomas H. Davenport

Subtitled "How to Get Better Performance and results from Knowledge Workers", this book raises a number of good points about managing, evaluating, and motivating people who think for a living, so-called "knowledge workers". Most of the points are worth considering:

• knowledge workers value their autonomy
• they cannot be evaluated by traditional efficiency obervations
• they can be made more effective by minor systemic interventions
• above all, they can be made more effective by individualized intervention

Most of the book is aimed at managers in larger business organizations. I would like to come across a similar book geared specifically toward academics.