Metamemory is the knowledge we have about our memory. It allows us to reflect and observe our memory. Our knowledge plays an important part of our ability to do many things such as‚ strategy selection‚ monitoring our comprehension‚ performance evaluation‚ planning and the allocation of cognitive resources. There are two main aspects of metamemory: declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. Declarative knowledge allows us to assess the contents of our memory and knowledge of certain intellectual
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meaning of these words by playing toys and riding or driving cars‚ trains etc. Education (books) and experience are the main two channels for People to gain their knowledge. Each play different roles for people. In my opinion‚ knowledge from experience is more important than that from books. Experience first can prove if the knowledge form books are true or false. Textbooks are very wonderful in teaching people essential principles‚ how is the world looks like? what is the basic law of change of
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge is a familiarity with someone or something‚ which can include facts‚ information‚descriptions‚or skills acquired through experience or education. It can refer to the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can be more or less formal or systematic. In philosophy‚ the study of knowledge is called epistemology;
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* Knowledge Retention Strategies in Industries * A brief introduction Knowledge management is the systematic process of finding‚ selecting‚ organizing‚ distilling and presenting information. Tacit knowledge is the knowledge we each carry in our heads about how to do things‚ who to call and the lessons learned through experience. Making it explicit is recording in some media that allows another person to use it. The media can be a complex computer database or a piece of paper tacked
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Introduction The role of tacit and explicit knowledge in the workplace Elizabeth A. Smith The author Elizabeth A. Smith is Vice President of Summit Resources‚ Inc.‚ Houston‚ Texas‚ USA‚ and Adjunct Professor in Administrative Sciences‚ School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Houston Clear Lake. Keywords Knowledge workers‚ Information resources management‚ Motivation Abstract Knowledge plays a key role in the information revolution. Major challenges are
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A Critical Analysis of “Knowledge is Power” 1. Introduction The claim of “Knowledge is power”‚ made by Francis Bacon‚ has been universally well known. Originally‚ it was proposed to stress the importance of knowledge in science and an academic spirit because human were experiencing a major scientific revolution at that time and information technology is not as developed as now to spread knowledge. Now it has been recognised by a much wider range of fields. An interesting question is what
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Knowledge is Virtue We define knowledge as the state or fact of knowing‚ familiarity‚ awareness or understanding‚ gained through experience or study and virtue as the moral excellence and righteousness. All of us have knowledge but not all the knowledge we have is the same‚ same with virtue. All of us have virtue but not all is practicing it. All of us have knowledge because it is a gift from God that we can keep and share to others. Through knowledge‚ one is also given the knowledge of understanding
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Knowledge Management "Knowledge management is the set of practices aimed at discovering and harnessing an organization ’s intellectual resources. It ’s about finding‚ unlocking‚ sharing‚ and altogether capitalizing on the most precious resources of an organization: people ’s expertise‚ skills‚ wisdom‚ and relationships. Knowledge managers find these human assets‚ help people collaborate and learn‚ help people generate new ideas‚ and harness those ideas into successful innovations" (Bateman
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processes in overlapping parts‚ and at a minimum includes these parts: Using accessible knowledge from outside sources Embedding and storing knowledge in business processes‚ products and services Representing knowledge in databases and documents Promoting knowledge growth through the organization’s culture and incentives Transferring and sharing knowledge throughout the organization Assessing the value of knowledge assets and impact on a regular basis 2 Why is KM important to an organization? Proactive
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Seeker of Knowledge. Everyone has a path in life even if they don’t know they do. Some of us strive to be stronger‚ some smarter‚ and some simply a better understanding of the world around us. A seeker of knowledge is the path I walk. A seeker of knowledge is simply someone who wants to know the who‚ where‚ what‚ when‚ why‚ and how of everything. Gathering knowledge leads to a better understanding of the world. There is no end to learning. Once the seeker has gained sufficient knowledge‚ they will
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