ISSN 000-000 Contract farming Partnerships for growth FAO AGRICULTURAL SERVICES BULLETIN 145 Inside front cover Contract farming Partnerships for growth FAO AGRICULTURAL SERVICES BULLETIN 145 A guide by Charles Eaton and Andrew W. Shepherd Rome‚ 2001 © FAO 2001 iii Preface Contract farming has been in existence for many years as a means of organizing the commercial agricultural production of both large-scale and small-scale farmers. Interest in it continues
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT : * "Knowledge management is a discipline that promotes an integrated approach to identifying‚ capturing‚ evaluating‚ retrieving‚ and sharing all of an enterprise ’s information assets. These assets may include databases‚ documents‚ policies‚ procedures‚ and previously un-captured expertise and experience in individual workers." * Knowledge Management‚ (KM) is a concept and a term that arose approximately two decades ago‚ roughly in 1990. Knowledge Management may
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GUIMARAS STATE COLLEGE Graduate School Iloilo Extension Center Reporter: Professor: Ma. Cecilia A. Montaño Dr. Rogelio M. Borro Managing Change The Nature of Change Change – is any alteration occurring at work or in the work environment that affects the ways in which employees must act.These changes maybe planned or unplanned‚ catastrophic or evolutionary‚ positive or negative‚ strong or weak‚ slow or rapid‚ and stimulated either internally or externally. Regardless of their source‚
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References: Benner‚ P. (1982). From novice to expert. American Journal of Nursing‚ March‚ p. 402 – 407. Bunting‚ S.‚ & Campbell‚ J. C. (1990). Feminism and nursing: Historical Perspectives. Advances in Nursing Science‚ 12(4)‚ p 11 – 24. Carper‚ B. (1978). Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing.
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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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SUCCESSION MANAGEMENT PROJECT Managing the Transition: Taking and Handing over the Stick Micah Amukobole‚ CORAT Associate Consultant. Introduction Transition from one leader or manager to the next‚ if handled well‚ reveals the strategic planning and maturity of an organisation. It provides an opportunity for reflection and renewal. If handled poorly‚ it can compromise a board‚ make a new leader’s job more difficult and alienate the staff and stakeholders. Mature organisations and mature
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notion of `knowledge level ’ was introduced by Allen Newell more than a decade ago . Ever since it has provided a common perspective for researchers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and in knowledge systems in particular. Its impact has been tremendous. Newell managed to make explicit what had become common practice in AI‚ namely talking about intelligent systems in a language of `knowing ’ and `wanting ’. Moreover‚ he gave this language a role in systems engineering by postulating the knowledge level
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Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity In read the Barriers and Challenges to Managing Diversity there was several problems present at Cityside Financial Services. One the problem was how the Sales Division was divided. When the investor banker brought the company it was mostly white. Two different units were created in sales which one catered to rich clients and other one serviced the local community. Knowing that neighborhood was once predominantly white things has changed over the
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Knowledge Management: Emerging Tool for Higher Education 1Gunjan Awal 2 Swati Pathak 1 Lecturer‚Institute of Engineering & Management‚ Bareilly – Lucknow Highway NH-24‚Bareilly ( 99897335290) 2 Lecturer‚Institute of Engineering & Management‚ Bareilly – Lucknow Highway NH-24‚Bareilly ( 9389044224) Email - 1 awalgunjan4u@gmail.com ‚ 2 swati.pthk@gmail.com ABSTRACT Educational
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Studies in C ontinuing Education‚ V ol. 23‚ N o. 1‚ 2001 Challenges in Human Resource Development Practitioner Preparation ROBYN JOHNSTON University of Technology‚ Sydney This article describes some of the challenges that confront designers of programs which prepare or upskill Human Resource Development (HRD) practitioners. It surfaces varying perspectives of human resource development and some of the issues that confront organisations in the post-industrial economy which have implications
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