Computer-mediated knowledge communication

New communication technologies enable an array of new working and learning scenarios in which knowledge is being communicated. This article deals with the question to what extent these technologies can impede or facilitate knowledge communication. First, the various computer-based communication technologies will be classified. Second, effects of the medium on knowledge communication will be discussed based on results of studies of the current special priority program "Net-based Knowledge Communication in Groups". Third and last, computer-based possibilities to facilitate computer-mediated knowledge communication will be reviewNeue Kommunikationstechnologien ermöglichen eine Reihe neuer Arbeits- und Lernszenarien in denen Wissen kommuniziert wird. Dieser Beitrag beschäftigt sich damit, inwiefern diese Technologien Wissenskommunikation einschränken oder fördern können. Dazu werden in einem ersten Schritt die verschiedenen computerbasierten Kommunikationstechnologien untergliedert. In einem zweiten Schritt werden Wirkungen des Mediums auf die Wissenskommunikation diskutiert. Dazu werden u. a. die Ergebnisse von Studien des aktuellen Forschungsschwerpunkts "Netzbasierte Wissenskommunikation in Gruppen" berichtet. In einem dritten und letzten Schritt werden computerbasierte Möglichkeiten zusammengefasst, computervermittelte Wissenskommunikation zu förd

Competency Implications of Changing Human Resource Roles

[Excerpt] The present study examines which competencies will be necessary to perform key human resource roles over the next decade at Eastman Kodak Company. This project was a critical component of an ongoing quality process to improve organizational capability. The results establish a platform that will enable Kodak to better assess, plan, develop, and measure the capability of human resource staff

Interprofessional Education Lab Manual And Workbook

This laboratory manual was designed to educate and develop integrated healthcare practices essential in delivering person-centered care. Participants will develop their ability to distinguish the role of their own profession and other healthcare professionals collaborating in the care coordination and case management of patients. The content and team-oriented activities in this manual provide guidance on advancing leadership and communication principles necessary for effective interprofessional communication and team collaboration. The well-researched material is tailored to build on the strengths of participants, while also identifying and encouraging areas for improvement.https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/books/1027/thumbnail.jp

Pedagogical Disruptive Innovations and Positive Deviance During Covid-19 Mandatory School Closures: A Case Study Of Public-School Teachers in San Juan County, New Mexico

The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to discover and describe the types of positive deviance and disruptive innovation during the non-voluntary transition to remote learning for teachers from San Juan County, New Mexico. This study investigated how classroom teachers altered their pedagogical practices from their face-to-face classroom juxtaposed to their non-voluntary transition to the remote classroom. Positive deviance is defined as any outcome is unique, non-normative, extraordinary, uncommon, and honorable and is perceived as positive to the organization. Disruptive innovation is a business theory that explains how a good enough innovation can be pushed through as a new innovation. A single case study was selected as the best option to better understand this phenomenon\u27s baseline, and more data is needed (Ridder, 2020). Eleven public school teachers participated, and three data sources were collected: a) copies of the teacher\u27s pacing guide, and three examples of lesson plans; b) a reflective journal; and c) a personal interview. Data analysis used Atlas.ti qualitative data analysis software. Key themes identified in the data include education leadership, organization, and technology; the psychology of understanding, connection, and relationships; and pedagogy, innovation, and adapting to change; highlighting the importance of leadership and motivation in creating a positive learning environment, and the strategies used for transitioning to remote learning and implementing innovative pedagogical practices. The Positive Deviance Magic Quadrant is used to objectively measure acts of positive deviance. Homans\u27s social exchange theory was used to explain how actors remain in an economic or social interaction transaction

Teammind: A Case Study of Collective Synergism, Team Development, and Decision-Making under Time Constraints

Advances in technology are challenging our concept of time and cognitive abilities to process and digest information in a dynamic environment. To develop a quality product that meets user\u27s needs and to perform within budget and program milestones, requires the expertise and shared understandings of an intact multidisciplinary team in design decision making. Collaboratively team members need to communicate on solutions for integrated product development, from their different disciplinary perspectives. To survive in today\u27s global competition, time-to-market gives research and development organizations the competitive edge in new product development, using emerging technologies. Therefore, there is a need for qualitative research on teams in the workplace making real decisions under time constraints. This qualitative case study examined the decision making strategies an intact multidisciplinary team used in the workplace to develop the user interface for an information system originating from a concept. The unique feature about this team is that the customer and contractor team members were co-located, involved in the daily decision making activities of new product screen design. The analysis indicated that during the decision making process communication provided the conduit for mutual adaptation and collective learning. Through cross-fertilization, team members had to integrate their fragmented bits of tacit and experiential knowledge to create a teammind or a collective mind to ensure that the product meets the needs of the customer and the contractor. In a complex environment of ambiguity and creativity, the team engaged in a collaborative relationship using dialogue to resolve conflicts, take risks, and negotiate based on requirements. They made decisions from their different disciplinary and organizational affiliation perspectives to produce the required design documentation. A significant implication of this study is that an organizational repertoire of a structured decision making process with feedback loops, provided a methodology to bring closure on design decisions. Although the time constraints and the size of the task were a challenge, through leadership based on expert power and collective learning, the team achieved their objectives. The recommendations include guidelines for program management and the need for research on collectivist cultures to identify how to train teams in new product development

Virtual workplaces : when metaphors breakdown

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 79-81).Our model of work is shaped by the places we choose to work and the tools we choose to work with. As we introduce new technologies and build new environments our model is changing. Today's virtual workplaces are grounded in models of work that have been reformed from our experiences using current technology in physical workspace. However we are discovering opportunities and possibilities for work in collaborative, virtual environments that question physical models. Emerging patterns of distributed collaboration in persistent virtual environments are changing the way we work in time and space, recasting our notion of workplace. Virtual workplaces are interpreted and experienced through metaphors that describe a space of potential for work occurrences. Through the lens of metaphors, this research focuses on breakdowns between collaborative work and the environment in which work occurs. If what we understand and predict is based on what we already know, then by examining the breakdowns between design and use of collaborative environments we can illuminate the space of possibilities for collaborative work.by Thomas W.I. Gallemore.M.S

Pursuing High-Value, Cost-Conscious Care:The Role of Medical Education

It is estimated that 30% of healthcare costs could be avoided, and eliminating these costs would not negatively affect quality of care. High-value, cost-conscious care (HV3C) refers to care aimed at balancing the benefit, harm, and cost of interventions, and focused on delivering care that adds value. HV3C is essential to keep our healthcare system affordable and accessible to all. This research was conducted with the goal of understanding of how future physicians are trained to deliver HV3C and how medical education can support this training. This research revealed the important role of the environment in which future physicians are trained. Besides important elements of training such as knowledge transfer (healthcare costs, patients preferences) and reflective practice (feedback, reflective questions), we should focus on the norms and beliefs of the workplace. Individual approaches, of both residents and supervisors, strongly influence if and how HV3C is taught. The final chapter contains 12 tips for training physicians in the delivery of high-value, cost-conscious care

Human Computation and Convergence

Humans are the most effective integrators and producers of information, directly and through the use of information-processing inventions. As these inventions become increasingly sophisticated, the substantive role of humans in processing information will tend toward capabilities that derive from our most complex cognitive processes, e.g., abstraction, creativity, and applied world knowledge. Through the advancement of human computation - methods that leverage the respective strengths of humans and machines in distributed information-processing systems - formerly discrete processes will combine synergistically into increasingly integrated and complex information processing systems. These new, collective systems will exhibit an unprecedented degree of predictive accuracy in modeling physical and techno-social processes, and may ultimately coalesce into a single unified predictive organism, with the capacity to address societies most wicked problems and achieve planetary homeostasis.Comment: Pre-publication draft of chapter. 24 pages, 3 figures; added references to page 1 and 3, and corrected typ