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Emerging personal intelligence in collective goals: data analysis on the bottom-up approach from PKM to OKM
September 28, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract Purpose – A pattern of personal intelligence is seen emerging from the concept of agent-mediated personal knowledge management (PKM) in achieving collective organisational goals. This paper presents the results of surveys undertaken to prove this emergence.Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative analysis supported by a qualitative analysis was conducted across three main industries in Malaysia, namely […]
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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive
September 9, 2013 Editor 0
With scarcely any help from management, knowledge workers can increase their productivity by 20%. When we interviewed 45 such people across 39 companies in 8 industries in the United States and Europe, we found that by identifying low-value tasks to either drop completely, delegate to someone else or outsource, the average worker gained back roughly […]
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Knowledge and knowledge workers
August 25, 2012 Editor 0
“ALTHOUGH the pace may differ, all [rich] economies are moving towards a knowledge based economy.” The OECD made this claim in 1996 and few disagree. The term “knowledge worker” can be traced to Peter Drucker and his 1959 book “The Landmarks of Tomorrow”. Half a century later people still find it difficult to define.
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Two Questions on the Sustainability of Grameen’s Android App for Farmers
September 26, 2011 Editor 0
The Grameen Foundation Center launched a comprehensive Android phone-based project for Ugandan farmers recently, that could significantly improve farming processes, but how sustainable is the initiative?
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