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Process Asset Library based on Knowledge Management Techniques
Software Engineering Lab is a research center at Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain) that is developing a Process Asset Library (PAL) including concepts about Knowledge Management in order to contribute to generate, acquire, share and distribute knowledge of processes defined in the organization for developing software projects. The technology minimizes the risk of losing essential knowledge to meet goals. It is searching technical collaboration for this project
Deregulating technology transfer in agriculture : reform's impact on turkey in the 1980s
Turkey is one of a handful of developing countries that have liberalized regulation of agricultural inputs and welcome private firms delivering technology and inputs. The authors show that Turkish regulatory reform affecting seeds and other inputs in the 1980s: 1) Greatly increased private technology transfer into Turkey. 2) Encouraged market entry for more foreign and domestic companies involved in production and trade in Turkey. 3) Allowed private firms to increase their share of input markets. 4) Where inputs brought new technology, allowed farmers to significantly increase yields and production. The authors recommend that the World Bank and other donors involved with agriculture pay more attention to the regulation of inputs in developing countries. They also recommend that developing country governments revise regulations to leave choices about technology performance to farmers and markets - and to focus instead on externalities, removing unnecessary obstacles to provide technology transfer through the production and trade of inputs. Other countries that have similarly reformed the regulation of agricultural inputs include Chile (in the 1970s), Bangladesh and India (at the end of the 1980s), Malawi (in 1995-96), and Romania (in 1997).Knowledge Economy,Agricultural Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Crops&Crop Management Systems,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Economic Theory&Research,Crops&Crop Management Systems,Agricultural Research,Environmental Economics&Policies,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems
Transformational Leadership, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Firm Performance: How Are They Linked?
This paper investigates the possible effect of information technology on facilitating knowledge management processes by developing a link between transformational leadership and information technology. Research indicates that leaders that care considered transformational, are posited as change agents as they deploy information technology of a firm coupled with their transformational-leadership style. Information technology plays a mediating role in the relationship between transformational leadership and knowledge management. Existing literature combine the interactions between transformational leadership and knowledge management. I expand on this concept by attempting to better understand the mechanisms by which knowledge management and firm performance are influenced by transformational leadership. In the next section, I present a new facet that executives have embraced-----transformational leadership
Towards a Model for Research Portal Acceptance and Usage
Research portals have been suggested as both a knowledge management tool and a collaboration technology for research communities. This paper proposes a research model designed to understand the acceptance und usage of such portals. The model is based on UTAUT which we augment to include research portal-specific technology, individual and situational characteristics. Our model incorporates theories originating from the fields of knowledge management and collaboration technology. This paper thus answers the call for developing more technology-specific acceptance theories. It contributes to both research and practice, because it represents a first step towards developing research portals that are more widely used than they currently are
Mapping Big Data into Knowledge Space with Cognitive Cyber-Infrastructure
Big data research has attracted great attention in science, technology,
industry and society. It is developing with the evolving scientific paradigm,
the fourth industrial revolution, and the transformational innovation of
technologies. However, its nature and fundamental challenge have not been
recognized, and its own methodology has not been formed. This paper explores
and answers the following questions: What is big data? What are the basic
methods for representing, managing and analyzing big data? What is the
relationship between big data and knowledge? Can we find a mapping from big
data into knowledge space? What kind of infrastructure is required to support
not only big data management and analysis but also knowledge discovery, sharing
and management? What is the relationship between big data and science paradigm?
What is the nature and fundamental challenge of big data computing? A
multi-dimensional perspective is presented toward a methodology of big data
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A Survey on Evaluation Factors for Business Process Management Technology
Estimating the value of business process management (BPM) technology is a difficult task to accomplish. Computerized business processes have a strong impact on an organization, and BPM projects have a long-term cost amortization.
To systematically analyze BPM technology from an economic-driven perspective, we are currently developing an evaluation framework in the EcoPOST project. In order to empirically validate the relevance of assumed evaluation factors (e.g., process knowledge, business process redesign, end user fears, and communication) we have conducted an online survey among 70 BPM experts from more than 50 industrial and academic organizations. This paper summarizes the results of this survey. Our results help both researchers and practitioners to better understand the evaluation factors that determine the value of BPM technology
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Knowledge management: Using a knowledge requirements framework to enhance UK health sector supply chains
The gaps of mismatch both knowledge and understanding of beneficiaries and solution providers at the
initial stage of developing projects have led to the failures of many projects including supply chains
(SC) and related information technology systems (ITS) projects (Lyytinen and Hirschheim, 1987) . The
aims of this paper are first, to address theoretical framework by bridging the gaps of different types of
knowledge. Second, to establishing business requirements and the flow of information in supply chains
between beneficiaries and solution providers in the long and complicated supply chains of the UKâs
Health Sector. On the basis of brief introduction to knowledge, knowledge management and supply
chain, the paper presents a practical framework that has been developed through critical and relevant
literatures in the above three subject areas. Techniques and Tools stem from both management science
and information systems were used to provide a possible solution for the problem in bridging the gaps
of mismatch knowledge and understanding at the initial stage of identifying requirements in projects
through knowledge sharing and transfer
Knowledge Management Challenges For Global Business
Managing organizational knowledge effectively is a prerequisite for securing competitive advantages in the global marketplace. The field of knowledge management brings out important challenges for global business practices. Based on a comprehensive academic and popular literature review, this paper identifies six main knowledge management challenges faced by global business today. These are developing a working definition of knowledge, dealing with tacit knowledge and utilization of information technology (IT), adaptation to cultural complexity, attention to human resources, developing new organizational structures, and coping with increased competition. The paper offers an overall view of knowledge management challenges for global business via discussing the challenges in relation to managerial practice, therefore, provides insights on managing knowledge in global corporations
Constructing a strategy on the creation of core competencies for African companies
A growing number of studies on economic development have relied on the premise that international technology transfer provides a mechanism for developing competitive advantages for companies of developing countries, and Africa in particular. In this article, we focus on the explicit nature of technology transferable to LDCs to argue that conventional technology transfer alone cannot create core competencies for African companies that lead to the sustainable economic development of the continent. Drawing on insights from the resource-based view and the knowledge based perspective, we develop a conceptual framework for constructing core competencies for African companies. More specifically, we explore the under-researched linkage between core competencies and knowledge management. By examining the roots of core competency in the resource-based view and knowledge-based perspective, we identify the knowledge underpinning core competencies. We then reconcile diverse knowledge management models to propose an integrative approach towards generating such critical knowledge, based on which we further argue that African companies should build their strategy on the creation of core competencies rather than solely relying on conventional international technology transfer
Higher Education Institution Management Strategies for Developing Citizenship of University Student
The objectives of this research were 1) to study the current and desirable states of management for developing citizenship of university students 2) to analyze strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of management for developing citizenship of university students and 3) to develop management strategies for developing citizenship of university students. The study applied a mixed method approach. The sample population were 94 higher education institutions. The instruments used in this study were questionnaires and the strategic evaluation form to testify feasibility and appropriateness of the strategies. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, standard deviation, PNIModified and content analysis. The research results showed that 1) In general, the current state of management for developing citizenship of university students was performed at the middle level. While considering each aspect, democratic knowledge had the highest average ( = 3.041). The desirable state of management for developing citizenship of university students was performed at a high level as a whole. While considering each aspect, democratic knowledge had the highest average ( = 4.454). 2) The strengths of management for developing citizenship of university students were democratic participation and democratic knowledge, while the weakness of management for developing citizenship of university students was democratic skills. The opportunity for management for developing citizenship of university students was technology. While the threats of management for developing citizenship of university students were the government policy, economy and society. 3) The management strategies for developing citizenship of university students comprised (1) reforming higher education institution management for developing democratic skills of university students, (2) reforming higher education institution management for developing democratic participation of university students and (3) reforming higher education institution management for developing democratic knowledge of university students
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