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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Everyone has the right to attain knowledge. Having knowledge can lead one to do great things‚ such as achieving a good score on a test‚ knowing what to do in cases of emergencies‚ or achieve things like winning a debate‚ contest‚ race‚ or game. And even though attaining knowledge doesn’t always come with happiness‚ knowledge can give one the power and opportunity to influence others and their choices and decisions. To best prove a person wrong in a debate or argument‚ knowledge is needed to make a good enough
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Melissa Carter Discussion Board: Knowledge Development in Nursing. When I first started as a nurse‚ I never took much thought about how philosophy has impacted the knowledge development in nursing. Now‚ after reading these articles and learning about the theorists; I can see that both have had an influential voice in nursing. According to Kim (1999)‚ “knowledge development in nursing is obtained through descriptive‚ reflective‚ and criticizing ourselves. We strive to correct and improve
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Doubt is the key to knowledge” (Persian Proverb). To what extent is this true in two areas of knowledge? Firstly‚ to understand fully the proverb‚ definitions should be given. Doubt is the psychological status of being stuck between believing and disbelieving‚ involving uncertainty and distrust in a particular situation or issue or when there is lack of hard evidence and facts to support the alleged information‚ action‚ motive or decision. When you question a notion or you are open to inquisition
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unless one is able to make this information applicable‚ understandable‚ and relatable to those whom they come into contact with‚ it is practically worthless. Of course‚ historians are not the only group for whom a wealth of knowledge but inability to interpret said knowledge is a problem. Ultimately‚ people across various fields of study‚ including scientists as mentioned by Tilden‚ struggle with this. With that said‚ it appears only sensible‚
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“Only seeing general patterns can give us knowledge. Only seeing particular examples can give us understanding.” To what extent do you agree with these assertions? To answer this quote I will use reason‚ sense perception and language and three areas of knowledge related to them: science and math for reason and history for language. First it is necessary to analyze the quote; “Only seeing general patterns can give us knowledge" means that we reach knowledge only by recognizing a general trend; “Only
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Intuition plays an important role in all the areas of knowledge. It provides the foundation on which our understanding of each area of knowledge is built. These core intuitions are the fundamental basis for everything we know. Both reason and perception are dependent on intuition. Because many of the areas of knowledge rely on these two ways of knowing‚ it can be said that they also rely on intuition. Three of the areas that rely on intuition are mathematics‚ natural science‚ and ethics. In mathematics
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| In today’s business organizations’ one of the keys to success is the use of knowledge sharing‚ however‚ knowledge sharing can sometimes constitute a major challenge in the field of knowledge management. The difficulty of such sharing resides in the transference of knowledge from one entity to another. Some individuals in a team environment tend to resist sharing their knowledge because of the concept that knowledge is property; therefore‚ it becomes very important and tends to be protected. This
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Who Knows?: The Theme of Knowledge in Hamlet What may be true to one person is not always true to another. There are huge factors to take into account like a difference in opinion‚ secrets‚ or lies. Another important aspect of information is what is done with it‚ since knowledge is power. The need to verify information is always as great as the need for it in the first place. These are all central pieces to consider when evaluating a theme of knowledge. This theme is especially noteworthy in William
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Roles Knowledge and Addiction Play In Palahniuk’s novel “Choke”‚ a med-school dropout and sex addict‚ Victor Mancini‚ takes a the job playing a colonial era servant to pay for the care of his Mother. Due to the excessive medical bills‚ he has to play the role of a ruthless con artist. Victor’s scam is to pretend to choke on food while dining in restaurants‚ and then he allows himself to be saved by a stranger. This stranger then becomes a “hero” and feels responsible for saving Victor’s life
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