A Framework for Managing Knowledge and Competencies in a Group Project Implementation

Every organisation realizes that its organisational knowledge which resides in individual brain or stored in organisational processes, products, facilities, systems and documentation is quickly becoming a sustainable competitive advantage. This growing attention has lead to the idea that these resources must be protected, cultivated and shared among its members. As organisation's knowledge is built upon these human resources, and effective way of managing these resources is a challenge. The challenges poses problems such as when knowledge can be lost when people leave the organisation, problem in difficulties to manage tacit knowledge and also in managing the competencies, expertise and capabilities of the organisation. The research has explored and proposed a framework to achieve its objectives, in capturing, and structuring knowledge in acquiring competitiveness edge in an organisation. KEPSNet (Knowledge Extract,Profiling, and Sharing Network), has approached the problems in managing knowledge and competencies based on three key elements of peopleprocess- product, conceptual theory and by prescribing a knowledge model of five layers: knowledge object, agents, knowledge functionalities, knowledge services and knowledge application. KEPSNet provided a practical application of knowledge capture and reuses of relevant know-how, experiences, best practices from a group project implementation. KEPSNet implementation as a Portal provided functionalities, for group project to capture and retain their knowledge in group repository with the use of concept maps, thus providing facilities for retrieving and sharing knowledge, structured and retained in the group knowledge repository. Two software agents introduced in KEPSNet implementation: the Profile Agent and Knowledge Agent has shown that it has adopted an autonomous way of managing knowledge, maintaining competency profile to reflect the level of knowledge of the expertise and to support knowledge sharing during group project implementation. KEPSNet Portal and agents were developed on Domino Lotus Notes, while Cmap Tool was used as the knowledge modeling tool for knowledge capture in this researc

The Iraqi protest movement: from identity politics to issue politics

Beginning in mid-July 2015, one of the largest social protest movements in modern Iraqi history erupted spontaneously in the city of Basra and spread to cities of central and southern Iraq, including the capital Baghdad. This paper examines the principal aspects of this social movement, particularly its political, social and economic underpinnings, its social composition and its growth, and its message and slogans that are mainly directed against political Islam, critiqued as a conduit for corruption. It analyses the impact of the shift from identity to issue-based politics in Iraq – most evident in the 2018 May elections

Spectroscopie infrarouge de la molécule 28SiD3F autour de 888 cm-1

Infrared spectroscopy of the 28SiD3F molecule around 888 cm-1The n3 fundamental band (A1 888.898 cm-1) of 28SiD3F molecule havebeen studied by FTIR spectroscopy with a resolution of 2.4 x 10-3 cm-1.More than 2000 lines have been assigned and fitted with a standard deviation of 0.19 x 10-3 cm-1 and ten molecular parameters have beencalculated

Dribbling Skill of Junior Basketballers

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The Use of Repeatable Components in Hybrid Models to Enhance Software Project Management Success

The management of software project development requires a dynamic and reactive environment to meet shorter time-to-market demands to address competition efficently in the software industry. This scenario requires the use of effective and robust methodologieswhere opportunities are not lost due to delays and failures in timely software project deliveries.The Agile Manifesto in 2001 which introduced 4 values and 12 principles was designed to develop and manage software projects in a more suitable and effective way to improvethe success rates of software projects. But, increase in overall success rates are still not significant with failure rates remaining plauteaued at about 30% over the last 10 years.  Hybrids methodologies seem to have worked better as agile hybrid management methodshave shown more promise when compared to pure agile methods with an overall success rate increase of 16%. There is evidence too that by combining agile methodologies with traditional methodologies, there would be a further increase in success rates. Whilst many hybrid methodologies have been suggested and researched, the gaps in the literature review reveal there is a lack of hybrid models that have been empirically developed and studied as second order components. To build a robust hybrid model, it is important to gather the relevant information and careful consuideration must be given to the design of the questionnaireto fit second order components and models must incorporate and provide for the use repeatable ways to test models once the data is collected.This paper presents a review of the current gaps in hybrid methodologies and proposes a questionnaire design that supports the research methodology and empirical study to be undertaken with second order components (Constructs).Further it looks at the design approach in questionnaires which incorporates the use of repeatable constructs and the measures used and emphasizes this as an important ingredient for developing and testing hybrid models in research studies

Susceptibility of some multiple resistant bacteria to garlic extract

Historically, garlic (Allium sativum) has been found to possess many therapeutic properties including antimicrobial, antineoplastic, anticardiovascular, immuno-stimulatory and hypoglycaemic activities. Its antimicrobial activity is attributed to its key component allicin, which is rapidly synthesised from its precursor when garlic is crushed. This study assesses the antibacterial potentiality of garlic using modernmicroplate-based antibacterial assays. To evaluate the potency of raw garlic juice, various extracts (n-hexane, dichloromethane, methanol and water) and commercial preparations of garlic were screened.Three types of assay were performed using different garlic extracts: disc diffusion, checkerboard and resazurin. The results from fresh garlic were promising. However, none of the three commercial preparations tested had any significant activity

Identifikasi Tingkat Berpikir Geometri Siswa SMP Berdasarkan Teori Van Hiele

Diawali dari nilai geometri siswa Indonesia yang berada dibawah rata-rata Internasional pada TIMSS 2011, maka peneliti tertarik untuk menyelidiki tingkat berpikir geometri siswa dengan menggunakan instrumen tes yang dibuat oleh Van Hiele. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini yaitu (1) untuk mengetahui tingkat berpikir geometri siswa berdasarkan teori Van Hiele secara keseluruhan (2) untuk mengetahui tingkat berpikir geometri siswa berdasarkan teori Van Hiele jika ditinjau dari jenjangnya (3) untuk mengetahui tingkat berpikir geometri siswa berdasarkan teori Van Hiele jika ditinjau dari jenis kelamin. Metode penelitian yang digunakan yaitu deskriptif kuantitatif dengan pendekatan survey. Tempat penelitian ini dilakukan di SMP Negeri 1 Banjarbaru. Sampel penelitian ini sebanyak 90 siswa yang terdiri dari 45 siswa laki-laki dan 45 siswa perempuan. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif kuantitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) Tingkat berpikir geometri siswa secara keseluruhan yaitu sebanyak 8% siswa masih berada pada tingkat 0, 32% berada pada tingkat 1, 40% berada pada tingkat kedua, 1% berada pada tingkat ketiga, 0% berada pada tingkat keempat dan kelima, serta 19% tidak dapat ditempatkan, (2) Tingkat berpikir geometri siswa kelas 9 lebih baik dibandingkan siswa kelas 7 dan 8. (3) Tingkat berpikir geometri siswa perempuan lebih baik dibandingkan siswa laki-laki. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tersebut maka peneliti menyarankan bahwa (1) perlunya perbaikan dalam pembelajaran geometri di dalam kelas untuk meningkatkan level berpikir geometri siswa yang masih rendah. (2) Perlu dilakukan wawancara lebih mendalam untuk menelusuri proses berpikir geometri siswa berdasarkan teori Van Hiele

Study of Physical Characteristics of the New Half-Heusler Alloy BaHgSn by DFT Analysis

To investigate the physical characteristics of the half-Heusler BaHgSn molecule, we used theoretical calculations within the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework utilizing the LSDA+mBJ technique in this study. Using the optimal lattice parameters, we discover that half-Heusler BaHgSn exhibits a Dirac semimetal behavior with a band gap of 0.1 eV. Thomas Charpin's numerical first-principles calculation approach was applied to determine the elastic constants of hexagonal BaHgSn alloys. The material's optical characteristics verified its prospective use in infrared-visible devices. According to a thermo-electric properties analysis, at 20x10^18 {\Omega}-1.m-1.s-1, the electrical conductivity reaches its maximum after increasing gradually up to 500 K. Compared to other compounds, these results indicate that BaHgSn has potential for use in opto-electronic and thermo-electric devices

Design and Construction Optical Pumping System

In this work the design and construction of optical pumping system was presented. The parameters of the pumping source to obtain discharge current density sufficient to shift the flash lamp spectrum towards uv portion of spectrum were measured.The current density was supplied to the flash lamp must be greater than 4000Amp./cm2 to obtain the spectral range wavelength lies between 0.2 and 0.35?m. The current density was obtained by a capacitor 50?F, at 7KV discharge voltage. The applied electrical energy to the flash lamp was more than 1200 J, and the current density was around 5000 Amp./cm2.The electrical parameters of the flash lamp were calculated. The impedance parameters(K0) from the voltage and the peak current pulse was measured in range equal to 57, while the damping factor(?) was 1.3. The energy of the flash lamp was around 75% from the input electrical energy. The external trigger circuit was limited the increase the applied voltage, which is responsible for the damping factor