Reprinted from Future of Work Agenda March 2007 What is a Knowledge Worker‚ Anyway? by Jim Ware and Charlie Grantham In our consulting and research work we spend a lot of time exploring how the emergence of knowledge work as the primary driver of economic activity is changing the nature of the workplace and even basic organizational and management practice. Recently one of our clients asked us a very basic question: Just what is a knowledge worker?” As he said‚ “Everyone uses that term but it certainly
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MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE WORKER – “THE EPITOME OF SUCCESS” DIVYA MISHRA PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET‚ HAMMOND‚ INDIANA Abstract James Madison said that “Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives”. Knowledge is power according to Sir Francis Bacon. It is the most important resource for the organizations to grow. The knowledge resides in the heads of knowledge workers. Knowledgeable workers are the most
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HBR Case Study BY JON HEALEY COMMENTARY BY RICHARD L. TRUMKA‚ RICHARD B. FREEMAN‚ AND JEFFREY ANDERSON The Knowledge Workers’ Strike How much leverage do unions have in a bad economic climate? THE CHROME AND GLASS FACADE of Detonation Media’s headquarters in Mountain View‚ California‚ gleamed in the warm April sun. On the broad front terrace‚ a crowd of camera-ready demonstrators from the Software Engineers Guild milled about and chanted: “No deal‚ no code‚ no games!” The protesters toted
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7637434 The Question: “Examine the claim that the management of knowledge workers requires the development of human resource practises that are more suited to the particular characteristics of these workers and their jobs” Introduction The term “knowledge worker” was first used by Peter Drucker in “Landmarks of Tomorrow” in 1959. A knowledge worker is someone who specialises in a specific field as they possess certain knowledge which has been accrued through specific courses or experience in relevant
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Knowledge workers play a vital role in the development and success of a business. As Bovee‚ Thill‚ and Mescon (2007) explained‚ knowledge is the “expertise gained through experience or research.” (p. 30) With this knowledge‚ comes an ethical responsibility to the employer. As a result‚ employees of every business sector are faced with situations that require ethical decisions to be made. In fact‚ some may continue to encounter these situations even after they are no longer employed with a company
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Brandon Burge MBA 523 27 March 2010 The Knowledge Workers’ Strike Case Analysis Any negotiation can be tricky‚ but especially ones in which differently positioned‚ opposing sides are trying to decide what is fair. These situations can grow from a single spark into a raging firestorm before either side knows what really happened. In the situation of Detonation and the Software Engineers Guild (SEG)‚ both sides sit anxiously to determine what issue the other side is willing to give on in
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581 Plato and the Concept of Knowledge – Paper 1 Plato’s Theaetetus is a dialogue that discusses and attempts to find a definition of knowledge. The two characters‚ Socrates and Theaetetus‚ approach the argument with the initial idea that knowledge is the addition of a true judgment and an account. However‚ Socrates raises some concerns regarding the fundamental aspects that make the definition true. Ultimately‚ the two characters find that their original definition of knowledge is not as accurate
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consumer‚ as the referred by Child (2005). Knowing Knowledge Workers With new technologies shaping the way we communicate‚ interrelate and how the information is made available to us from anywhere in the world (Child 2005)‚ this led to the restructuring of organizations‚ which was only possible by “destroying the illusion that the world is created of separate‚ unrelated forces” (Senge‚ 1990‚ p.343). In this atmosphere emerged the knowledge workers - a term coined by Druker to define those who work
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2nd Special Focus Symposium on ICESKS: Information‚ Communication and Economic Sciences in the Knowledge Society Zadar‚ November 13th to 14th‚ 2008 HRM practices in managing knowledge workers Ing. Martin Šikýř‚ Department of Personnel Management‚ Faculty of Business Administration‚ University of Economics‚ Prague‚ Winston Churchill Sg. 4‚ 130 67 Prague 3‚ Czech Republic‚sikyrm@vse.cz Prof.dr.sc. Damir Boras‚ Faculty of Philosophy‚ University of Zagreb‚ Croatia Ljubica Bakić-Tomić‚ Ph.D
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(2007)‚ depending on the legal basis for an employee ’s claim‚ the applicable criteria can differ. Just because a worker is considered an employee because of wage laws doesn ’t mean they have the right to sue an employer for discrimination (p. 48). Several factors have to be considered before that right is established which will be discussed at a later time. Methods such as acquiring workers through temporary agencies or contracting them in addition to the complications of a company ’s structure can
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