Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Summary National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established by Congress on October 1‚ 1958‚ in order for the United States to keep up with the technological advancements achieved from former Soviet Union’s successful launch of the Sputnik (1957). The Apollo Era-Mission had risen from the support of John F. Kennedy’s goal‚ which was “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to Earth.” Prioritization
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The Knowledge Management method from Chris Collison and Geoff Parcell is a framework that can be used for learning‚ capturing‚ sharing and exploiting knowledge‚ experience and good practices. Knowledge Management is an oxymoron – nobody can really manage an asset which resides in the heads of employees‚ and is shared primarily through conversation. What you can do‚ though‚ is: to manage the environment in which knowledge can be created‚ discovered‚ captured‚ shared‚ distilled‚ validated‚ transferred
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Uncertain Impact of Technology on Knowledge Workers and Managers Frank Bannister and Dan Remenyi Trinity College‚ Dublin Frank.Bannister@tcd.ie Dan.Remenyi@tcd.ie Abstract: While the productivity paradox has now been officially pronounced dead‚ the argument and the evidence for this assertion are both at a macroeconomic level. What has been less closely examined is the microeconomic impact of recent developments in ICT on the productivity of office and knowledge workers. There is an assumption
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Information & Knowledge management for Facilities Management Facilities Management is making a web of decisions across the whole process. Making informed decision needs information; making correct decision needs knowledge. That is why we will talk about information/knowledge management in Facilities Management 1. Concepts of data‚ information‚ and knowledge 2. Major information in the practice of construction project management 3. Significance of promoting information management in the practice
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impact of interpersonal skills and capabilities of leadership on knowledge based organizations jahanzeb abbas Abstract: The role of leadership in the success of any organization is very much important. Although in Pakistan very little importance is given to this aspect of organizations inspite of this its importance cannot be denied. In other words‚ Leadership is the backbone of any knowledge centric organization. This research article shed light on the importance
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History of knowledge management practices in the McKinsey & company This case tell us about how McKinsey and Company applied Knowledge Management practices in their company. McKinsey started to applied the knowledge management to face four things 1. the effect of economic turmoil of the oil crisis‚ 2. the slowing of the divisionalization process that had fueled the European Expansion‚ 3. the growing ot sophistication of client management‚ and 4. the appearance of the new focused
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Tropical Medicine and International Health doi:10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02794.x volume 16 no 8 pp 1007–1014 august 2011 Viewpoint Communities of practice: the missing link for knowledge management on implementation issues in low-income countries? ´ ` Bruno Meessen1‚ Seni Kouanda2‚ Laurent Musango3‚ Fabienne Richard1‚ Valery Ridde2‚4 and Agnes Soucat5 1 2 3 4 5 Institute of Tropical Medicine‚ Antwerp‚ Belgium IRSS‚ Ouagadougou‚ Burkina Faso WHO-AFRO‚ Libreville‚ Gabon University
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Technology transfer and knowledge transfer activities in Italy: a detailed analysis 1 Adriano La Vopa Marcello Puccini Phyl Speser Shiva Loccisano Luca Escoffier 1. 1.1 Tech transfer-knowledge transfer and best practices2 Introduction to tech transfer and knowledge transfer in the 21st century Humans are‚ according to the zoologists‚ animals. Like other animals‚ we need to eat‚ find shelter‚ and met our other physical needs to survive. All things being equal‚ completing the work
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Cultural Issues in Knowledge Management – a case study – Unilever Global 2012 Outline I. Abstract II. Keywords III. Introduction IV. Literature Review V. Aim of Research and Research Questions VI. Methodology and Research Sample VII. Practical Applications VIII. References Abstract This proposal is presented to examine the cultural factors that influence knowledge management in Unilever global. The intended outcome of the study is a list of factors that Unilever management
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The traditional TOK diagram indicates four ways of knowing. Propose the inclusion of a fifth way of knowing selected from intuition‚ memory or imagination‚ and explore the knowledge issues it may raise in two areas of knowledge. Our whole life is a continuous process of gaining information. This information is our basic knowledge about the world. It is coming in different forms‚ from different sources. And it is vitally important to store this information‚ in order to understand your own present.
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