Foucault’s theorisation of the power/knowledge relationship Foucault in theorizing the relationship between power and knowledge basically focused on how power operated in the institutions and in its techniques. The point is how power was supported by knowledge in the functioning of institutions of punishment. “He places the body at the centre of the struggles between different formations of power/knowledge. The techniques of regulation are applied to the body” (Wheterell et al.‚ 2001: 78) Power
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Emotions as ways of knowing It is the traditional view claims‚ the emotions are more of an obstacle than a source of knowledge‚ we still need to look at them and consider how to guard their disruptive influence. It could‚ however‚ be argued that the emotions ‚play a more positive role in our mental lives and that without them we would be unable to make sense of the world. We also need to take a closer look‚ at the nature of intuition. For some of our most fundamental beliefs seem to be more emotional
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The Nature and Role of Assessments of Competence A) How to identify and use different types of evidence when carrying out assessments. We use several different means to collect evidence from a candidate which allows us to cover the elements in depth by providing as much evidence as possible in as many forms as possible. These include: - Observation of the Candidate‚ during which we observe the candidate undertaking a particular task and record their actions and the outcome of those actions detailing
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Organizational Knowledge creation Knowledge creation is a dynamic capability that enables firms to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage on the market. The most important models elaborated for organizational knowledge creation are: Nonaka’s model‚ Nissen’s model‚ Boisot’s model and the EO_SECI model. The two predominant goals of organization are the generation and the application of knowledge‚ because the capacity to generate and apply organizational knowledge is the source of competitive
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firms – Unique Resources and Capabilities Bower’s Vision – Development of Unique Organizational Culture First Mover Advantage Between Marvin Bower‚ Ron Daniel‚ and Fred Gluck‚ who was the most effective strategic leader? Why do you think so? Upon evaluating each individual’s strategic leadership ability based upon the six elements of effective strategic leadership‚ we concluded that Fred Gluck was indeed the most effective of the three individuals. The six attributes which
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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 is where a sense of altruism
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Greavu 1 John Greavu Mark Herr Philosophy 1002 17 December 2012 Annas vs. Driver: Why We Should Never Sacrifice Knowledge For as long as we Homo sapiens have been capable of reasoning‚ we have pondered how we ought to live our lives. What constitutes a “good” life? What constitutes a “bad” one? How should we treat the world‚ and how should we treat ourselves? What does “good” even mean? Although the answers to these questions are understandably still quite foggy‚ it seems safe to say that the general
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HND in Business (Management and Human Resource) Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information Group members Name: Shabraz Mohamed‚ Mariyam Shazaina‚ Sanari Karunathilaka‚ Abdulla Nazeef‚ Aneega Ibrahim‚ Akib Musthafa Submitted To: Ms. H A M Hasanthika Managing Communications‚ Knowledge and Information Group Acknowledgement A praise is due to almighty Allah for compassion and mercifulness to allow us finalizing this assignment. This assignment has been done with lots of efforts
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The Development of Knowledge in Islam Searching for knowledge is in line with the teaching of Islam and knowledgeable people are highly respected in Muslim community. As there are many encouragements for gaining knowledge in Islam from Quraan and Hadith that in itself illustrates the importance of it in the muslim’s current life and the hereafter. From The Quran: Allah will exalt in degree those of you who believe and those who have been granted knowledge
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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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