The Optimum Utilization Of Knowledge

Author : Kenneth E. Boulding,Lawrence Senesh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000304091

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The Optimum Utilization Of Knowledge by Kenneth E. Boulding,Lawrence Senesh Pdf

We all have more knowledge than we use; even so, say the editors of this book, ignorance often governs our actions. Society continues to find ways to misuse knowledge–from manipulating information to gain political power to restricting what ideas are explored on university campuses. Thus, when some of the best minds in the country met to focus on the optimum utilization of knowledge, it was not an idle academic inquiry. In these proceedings from that conference, which was sponsored by the Academy of Independent Scholars, the contributors examine several of the key aspects of learning: the importance of knowledge in decision making, the role of our educational system and other systems in producing and disseminating knowledge, and the relationship between knowledge and the physiological, psychological, and cultural bases of the learning process. The misuse of knowledge–or the overuse of ignorance–the authors note, could threaten the existence of the entire planet, if the kind of thinking exemplified by the nuclear arms race prevails.

Author : Carla Vivas
Publisher : Academic Conferences and Publishing International
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781910309346

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ECKM2014-Proceedings of the 15th European conference on Knowledge Management by Carla Vivas Pdf

The world economy in which we are living poses challenges that lead to a realization that 'more of the same' will be difficult to sustain. This provides an illustration that, in order to create new or modified knowledge practices, strengthen customer relationships and thus positively influence customer satisfaction, organizations must be flexible in configuring (combining) knowledge and knowledge structures in a way that is appropriate for delivering value to the customer. It must simultaneously develop effective strategies for updating the knowledge of its staff members necessary for underpinning the creation and delivery of appropriate knowledge services. Thus, unlearning (forgetting) becomes a critical means for organizational success. The ECKM community of scholars has already initiated dialogue that links its particular strengths to innovation issues. This conference aims to further that dialogue by attracting leading edge work that leverages the ECKM community's in-depth understanding of learning and unlearning to better understand knowledge management. Our aim is to stimulate breakthrough research streams linking learning, unlearning and knowledge management. How can organizations tailor, use, and extend techniques and tools from knowledge management for improving their business practices and processes? Building upon existing work on knowledge management (KM) and organizational learning, the conference will promote interdisciplinary approaches from computer science and information systems, business, management and organization science as well as cognitive science. Emphasis will be put on systematic learning from experience, KM tools and KM success factors. A special interest belongs to knowledge management initiatives which are lightweight (i.e., do not place considerable additional burden on users and KM experts), allow an incremental adoption (i.e., do not require large up-front investment before any return of investment is at least visible), and are flexible regarding frequent changes in experts and topics. Continuing the success of the ECKM conference series since 2000, the 2015 conference will provide an international communication forum bringing together academia and industry for discussing the progress made and addressing the challenges faced by continuous learning in knowledge-intensive organizations.

Author : World Future Society
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1984-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0930242262

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Future Survey Annual 1984 by World Future Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Hospital care
ISBN : IND:32000014597829

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Achieving Optimum Utilization of Ancillary Services by Anonim Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264181045

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Knowledge Management in the Learning Society by OECD Pdf

This book analyses and compares concretely the processes of knowledge production, dissemination and use in the engineering, the information and communication technology, the health and the education sectors.

Author : Institute of Medicine,Committee to Review the CDC Centers for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997-01-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309174862

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Linking Research and Public Health Practice by Institute of Medicine,Committee to Review the CDC Centers for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Pdf

Health promotion and disease prevention are central priorities in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vision. To advance research in these areas, Congress authorized and CDC established a program of university-based Centers for Research and Demonstration of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention to explore improved ways of appraising health hazards and to serve as demonstration sites for new and innovative research in public health. Begun in 1986 with three centers, there are now fourteen. In response to a CDC request to evaluate the program, Linking Research and Public Health Practice examines the vision for the prevention research centers program, the projects conducted by the centers, and the management and oversight of the program. In conducting the evaluation, the IOM committee took a broad view of how prevention research can influence the health of communities, and considered both the proximal risk factors for disease prevention and the more distal conditions for health promotion and improved equity in the distribution of risk factors. Month?

Author : Michelle McLeod,Roger Vaughan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781135036010

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Knowledge Networks and Tourism by Michelle McLeod,Roger Vaughan Pdf

The receipt of knowledge is a key ingredient by which the tourism sector can adjust and adapt to its dynamic environment. However although its importance has long been recognised the fragmentation within the sector, largely as a result of it being comprised of small and medium sized businesses, makes understanding knowledge management challenging. This book applies knowledge management and social network theories to the business of tourism to shed light on successful operations of tourism knowledge networks. It contributes specifically to understanding a network perspective of the tourism sector, the information needs of tourism businesses, social network dynamics of tourism business operation, knowledge flows within the tourism sector and the transformation of the tourism sector through knowledge networks. Social Network Analysis is applied to fully explore the growth and maintenance of tourism knowledge networks and the relationships between tourism sector stakeholders in relation to their knowledge requirements. Knowledge Networks and Tourism will be valuable reading for all those interested in successful operations of tourism knowledge networks.

Author : David Riano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-23
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540786245

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Knowledge Management for Health Care Procedures by David Riano Pdf

The incursion of information and communication technologies (ICT) in health care entails evident bene?ts at the levels of security and e?ciency that improve not only the quality of life of the patients, but also the quality of the work of the health care professionals and the costs of national health care systems. Leaving research approaches aside, the analysis of ICT in health care shows an evo- tion from the initial interest in representing and storing health care data (i. e. , electronic health care records) to the current interest of having remote access to electronic health care systems, as for example HL7 initiatives or telemedicine. This sometimes imperceptible evolution can be interpreted as a new step of the progress path of health care informatics, whose next emerging milestone is the convergenceof current solutions with formal methods for health care kno- edge management. In this sense, K4CARE is a European project aiming at contributing to this progress path. It is centered on the idea that health care knowledge rep- sented in a formal waymay favor the treatment of home care patients in modern societies. The project highlights several aspects that are considered relevant to the evolution of medical informatics: health care knowledge production, health care knowledge integration, update, and adaptation, and health care intelligent systems.

Author : C.L. Palmer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-12-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1402001509

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Work at the Boundaries of Science by C.L. Palmer Pdf

Table of contents: The Context of Interdisciplinary Science; Information Accumulation; Conditions of Boundary Crossing Research; Accommodating Interdisciplinary Research; Conclusion.

Author : Pjotr Hesseling
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783112419441

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Frontiers of Learning by Pjotr Hesseling Pdf

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Author : Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater,Elizabeth M. Banister,E. Anne Marshall
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781442641792

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Knowledge Translation in Context by Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater,Elizabeth M. Banister,E. Anne Marshall Pdf

Knowledge Translation in Context is an essential tool for researchers to learn how to be effective partners in the KT process to ensure that diverse communities benefit from academic research results through improved social and health outcomes.

Author : Miroslav Mateev,Jennifer Nightingale
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030329228

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Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility—Volume 1 by Miroslav Mateev,Jennifer Nightingale Pdf

The book presents high-quality research papers presented at the 2nd American University in the Emirates International research conference, AUEIRC'18, organized by the American University in the Emirates, Dubai, held on November 13th-15th, 2018. The book is broadly divided into four sections: Sustainability and Smart Technology, Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Human Security and Legislation, Sustainability and Education. The topics covered under these sections are sustainable smart technology such as developing green curriculum for information technology, use ultrasonic velocity to predict quality of wheat, improve security features for visa system, factors affecting the cost of production of electricity and desalination plants, impact of smart traffic sensing in smart cities, smart healthcare system, simulation of Grey wolf optimization algorithm in painting digital forensics. The topics covered for sustainability and creative industries such as sustainable concrete production, multimedia applications in digital transformation art, integrating biomimicry principles in sustainable architecture. Sustainability, human security and legislation covered topics of urban performance and sustainable environment, Eco-certification as response on climate change, the criminal offence of tax evasion in law: case study, skills engineering in sustainable counter defense against Cyber extremism, the international law and challenges of trans-boundary water resources governance, the legal status of nuclear energy: case study, sustainable energy development and nuclear energy legislation in UAE, corruption specific safety challenge, environmental management and sustainability, sustainable farming models for desert agro-ecosystems, future directions of climate change, earth and built environment towards new concept of sustainability, institution building from emotional intelligence perspective, virtue ethics, technology and sustainability, the role of humor in a sustainable education, HEIs practices and strategic decisions toward planning for sustainable education programs, TQM in higher education for sustainable future. The papers in this book present high-quality original research work, findings and practical development experiences.

Author : Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele,Merrey, Douglas,Kamara, Abdul,van Koppen, Barbara,Penning de Vries, Frits,Boelee, Eline
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Irrigation projects
ISBN : 9789290906124

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Experiences and opportunities for promoting small-scale/micro irrigation and rainwater harvesting for food security in Ethiopia by Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele,Merrey, Douglas,Kamara, Abdul,van Koppen, Barbara,Penning de Vries, Frits,Boelee, Eline Pdf

Author : Remko Helms,Jocelyn Cranefield,Jurriaan van Reijsen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319451336

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Social Knowledge Management in Action by Remko Helms,Jocelyn Cranefield,Jurriaan van Reijsen Pdf

Knowledge management (KM) is about managing the lifecycle of knowledge consisting of creating, storing, sharing and applying knowledge. Two main approaches towards KM are codification and personalization. The first focuses on capturing knowledge using technology and the latter on the process of socializing for sharing and creating knowledge. Social media are becoming very popular as individuals and also organizations learn how to use it. The primary applications of social media in a business context are marketing and recruitment. But there is also a huge potential for knowledge management in these organizations. For example, wikis can be used to collect organizational knowledge and social networking tools, which leads to exchanging new ideas and innovation. The interesting part of social media is that, by using them, one immediately starts to generate content that can be useful for the organization. Hence, they naturally combine the codification and personalisation approaches to KM. This book aims to provide an overview of new and innovative applications of social media and to report challenges that need to be solved. One example is the watering down of knowledge as a result of the use of organizational social media (Von Krogh, 2012).

Author : Pauline J. Sheldon,Roberto Daniele
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-12-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319465180

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Social Entrepreneurship and Tourism by Pauline J. Sheldon,Roberto Daniele Pdf

This volume explores the links between the rapidly growing phenomenon of social entrepreneurship (SE) and the international tourism and hospitality industry. This unique industry is particularly ripe for transformation by SE and the book’s authors delve deeply into the reasons for this. The book has three parts. The first creates a conceptual and theoretical framework for understanding the uniqueness of SE in the tourism context. The second examines different communities of practice where SE is being applied in tourism. The third is a rich collection of case studies from eight countries where tourism SE is already having an impact. The book’s authors address the topic from many different angles, disciplinary backgrounds and geographic areas. Many case study authors are practicing social entrepreneurs who share their successes, challenges and experience with tourism-related projects. The book also proposes a research agenda and educational programmatic changes needed to support tourism SE. As these are developed, tourism SE will bring innovation to destinations, transformation of their economic and social structures, and contribution to a better world. The book has many insights and resources for scholars and practitioners alike to usher in this transformation.