emphasises adoption of a cross-functional perspective so that everyone within the organisation can have some impact on the organisation’s success in both the profitability and at the consumer level. (Zikmund / D’Amico 2002) Peters and Waterman’s In Search of Excellence: lessons from America’s Best Run Companies does adhere to the marketing concept albeit not directly. They strongly support the idea that an organisation is only as good as the people who work within that organisation. Although there
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music that replaced the “Sonata Form” that was previously popular.(H. Hitchcock‚ 1988 pg 3) Romanticism influenced not only music but art and literature during its popularity (N.E Mourer 1998‚ pg 45)‚ Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a perfect example. Shelley’s protagonist Victor Frankenstein is a reflection of a ‘romantic’ through his belief that personal and collaborative imagination will lead to a deeper understanding of the world and a better version of human beings (N. Smith 2001‚ para 3). Romanticism
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GTZ READER: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Systems for Rural Development Knowledge Management and Knowledge Systems for Rural Development By: C. G. Hess‚ Consultant‚ mail@carmen-hess.de; May 2006 In: READER: GTZ Knowledge Management. GTZ Sector Project Knowledge Systems in Rural Development‚ www.gtz.de/agriservice Introduction Knowledge Management Knowledge Management (KM) is a relatively novel management concept. It has been pushed by the rapid developments of Information and Communication
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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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the rules of computer database searching. Much database searching is based on the principles of Boolean logic. Boolean logic refers to the logical relationship among search terms‚ and is named for the British-born Irish mathematician George Boole. On Internet search engines‚ the options for constructing logical relationships among search terms often modify the traditional practice of Boolean searching. This will be covered in the section below‚ Boolean Searching on the Internet. Boolean logic consists
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Web Search Engines Typically‚ Web search engines work by sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program‚ called an indexer‚ then reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document. Each search engine uses a proprietary algorithm to create its indices such that‚ ideally‚ only meaningful results are returned for each query. Sites that let you search multiple indexes simultaneously include: • Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com) • search
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Alison McCracken Professor Harrison English 100 19 Aug. 2012 Knowledge is Power vs. Knowledge is Pain. Metaphors are not just a part of everyday language. Whether we realize it or not‚ they are actually deeply ingrained in our psyche and therefore have practical repercussions in our lives. "Knowledge is Power" is a metaphor to which we can easily relate. It expresses who we are as individuals and our personal drive for success. It defines us as teachers‚ parents and leaders. It dictates
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Shelley ’s View on Knowledge In the present-day society‚ knowledge and technology play a large role in our everyday lives. Humanity has reaped huge benefits from our continuous pursuit of knowledge; knowledge is one of the major factors that have helped mankind gain the position of the dominant species on this planet. However‚ knowledge is like fire; it can bring us huge benefits‚ but it can also cause devastating negative effects. This is shown in Mary Shelley ’s Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus
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report we have chosen to analysis the innovation that is the ‘Google Search Engine’. We have chosen to base our report on the Google search engine; a revolutionary innovation that has transformed the way in which the internet is used. 1.1 Introduction Google began life as a research project between two Stanford University graduate students‚ Larry Page and Sergey Brin in January‚ 1996. They hypothesized that developing a search engine that analysed the relationships between websites would be more
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In the novel Frankenstein‚ by Mary Shelley‚ the antagonist and protagonist changes throughout the course of the plot. In the earlier part of the novel nature is the protagonist and man is the antagonist‚ but as the plot progresses nature is forced to protect herself by becoming the antagonist and making man the protagonist. By the end of the novel both of the examples of man and nature’s antagonist characteristics lead to their inevitable destruction. In the beginning of the novel‚ Victor
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