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 question of whether universities should have co-ed dorms or not has been an ongoing discussion for years. Most college capuses have them for the dependcy of the the student. There are few colleges who don’t have co-ed dorms because of the insecure involvement of the students parents and also the cost of living. Although there are many disadvantages to having co-ed dorms‚ there are also mayn advantages which is why I agree with colleges having co-ed dorms. The parents of the
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Why Some People Think That Death Penalty is Unfair and Unacceptable? Most people argue that death penalty (capital punishment) is not a form of unusual punishment. However‚ others say this (death penalty) is extremely‚ accurate. Unlike a life imprisonment‚ death offers no second chance. If new evidence surfaces after the person have been executed‚ then it is too late to do anything about it. The death penalty doesn’t save tax payers any money. Unarguable; criminals need to be punished for the lasting
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless‚ and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson English author‚ critic‚ & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) Samuel Johnson wrote this about education. He was comparing‚ ignorant but caring‚ ethical people as opposed to educated and brilliant but selfish and antisocial people‚ Johnson was stating that‚ it is dangerous to educate people without a moral compass‚ or as former President Teddy Roosevelt once said‚ "To educate a
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Should English be the medium of instruction in Sri Lankan Universities Medium of instruction is a language used in teaching. It may or may not be the official language of the country or territory. Where the first language of students is different from the official language‚ it may be used as the medium of instruction for part or all of schooling and universities Bilingual or multilingual education may involve the use of more than one language of instruction. UNESCO considers that "providing education
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Dec. 7‚ 2012 True opinion versus knowledge Knowledge is generally thought to require justified true belief‚ even if justified true belief is not sufficient for knowledge‚ as Edmund Gettier famously argued. In the Meno‚ Plato demonstrates that true opinion is not equal to knowledge. However‚ Gettier holds a different opinion that justified opinion is not equal to knowledge‚ but it is necessary to knowledge. I support the Plato’s opinion that true opinion is not equal to knowledge‚ and that justified
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teachable‚ it must be knowledge. However‚ since there are no teachers and students of virtue‚ virtue must not be taught. So they think that virtue is not knowledge. And then they start the discussion on what is true belief and knowledge. In this essay‚ I would evaluate Socrates’s explanation on why knowledge is better than mere true belief and the reasons that I agree with Socrates’s proposition. Socrates’s explanation To begin with‚ Socrates first questions whether true belief is something no
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Downey University of Phoenix PHL/716 Epistemology‚ or the study of knowledge‚ requires the scholar analyze the what‚ how‚ and why’s of their own knowledge. Asking these questions of themselves is essentially applying that which they have learned. There are different origins of knowledge as conceptualized by philosophers‚ educators‚ and scientists. Early philosophers defined knowledge as “justified true belief” (Cooper‚ pg. 23). In order for an individual to know something it must be true‚ he
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In the article “Why We Should Fear University‚ Inc. Against the corporate taming of the American college.” Fredrik deBOER addresses that corporatism has infected the soul of the American universities. deBOER begins the article by stating that the university he attended to get his Ph D. in‚ Purdue University‚ needs more garden space because it is the last wild place left in the campus. He uses the example that reads “Universities operate‚ every day‚ more and more like corporations” (par 4) to suggest
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HUMAN RESOURCE 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
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