“That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow.” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge. In the pursuit of knowledge‚ our understanding may develop further causing older concepts of knowledge to be discarded. The expansion of new claims accepted as knowledge then take their place in our understanding. In order to discuss what information can be kept we must understand how perception contributes to our understanding‚ whether emotion
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Knowledge Assets in the Global Economy: Assessment of National Intellectual Capital Journal of Global Information Management July-Sep‚ 2000‚ 8(3)‚ 5-15. “Our government is filled with knowledge...We have 316 years’ worth of documents and data and thousands of employees with long years of practical experience. If we can take that knowledge‚ and place it into the hands of any person who needs it‚ whenever they need it‚ I can deliver services more quickly‚ more accurately and more consistently.”
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Knowledge vs. Belief There is a quote by an unknown person that says‚ "In all the world there are only two kinds of people‚ those who know‚ and those who do not know; and this knowledge is the thing which matters." The quite adequately describes my knowledge that my father loves and cares for me. I know‚ based on life experiences‚ that my father loves me. I choose to classify my father ’s love for me as something that I know to be true and factual because the way in which I can explain and
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My topic was‚ what is success? And the main knowledge issue I focused on is‚ should success be measured in happiness or money? The idea of success for allot of people is get educated‚ get a job‚ get married‚ get old. Once they have found that‚ they have succeeded in life and there is nothing more that needs to be done. Or maybe even as simple as just “get rich”‚ if that hasn’t happened then they haven’t reached their personal goal. But are you successful if you are unhappy and rich? If you are
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‘KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES’ AND PATH-DEPENDENCY IN INNOVATION* CRIC‚ The University of Manchester Professor Rod Coombs & Richard Hull CRIC Discussion Paper No 2 June 1997 Published by: Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition The University of Manchester Tom Lupton Suite University Precinct Centre Oxford Road‚ Manchester M13 9QH *The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the ESRC through its ‘Research Programme on Innovation’ for the work on which this paper
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Prusak (1998)‚ Knowledge is neither data nor information‚ however it is related to both. The authors stated that “knowledge is a fluid mix of framed experience‚ values‚ contextual information‚ and expert insight that provides a framework for evaluating and incorporating new experiences and information.”(Davenport and Prusak‚ 1998‚ p. 5). In organizations‚ Knowledge is not only in documents or repositories but also in organizational routines‚ processes and practices. Although Knowledge and Management
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PROVERBS 1. A bad workman always blames his tools - It is not the tools we use which make us good‚ but rather how we employ them 2. Absence makes the heart grow fonder - When someone or something is faraway‚ you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it 3. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush - It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one 4. A cat may look at a king - A purported inferior has certain abilities‚ even in the presence of a
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Is individual pursuit of knowledge the key to combating personal or social oppressors? In articles entitled “Propaganda Under a Dictatorship‚” (1958/2012) and “Zeal Without Knowledge‚” (1978/2012)‚ authors Aldous Huxley and Hugh Nibley answer this question in ways which contrast‚ yet complement each other. Learning is significant in life in order combat many ills including inertia‚ boredom and ignorance. Studying these texts gives new insight into why a person would hope to avoid such plagues
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head: The "Global" and the "Local" in Knowledge Management Victor De Jesus University of Mary Washington Introduction In a world were people with specialized skills are hard to find‚ corporations must find a way to hold on to their corporate knowledge. Many times this knowledge resides in the head of a person‚ which creates a situation when the employee decides to stop working for the corporation. A knowledge gap is created at the time of departure and it will require
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------------------------------------------------- To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars? Daniel Ashby Themistocles was responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars to a considerable extent. The key to Athens’ strength in the 5th Century BC was in this general and statesman and therefore‚ as Greek victory relied so heavily on Athens‚ Themistocles vitally contributed to the outcome of the Persian king’s invasion of 480-479 BC. His early life reflects
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