Embedding Co-Creation Method for the Development of Knowledge Management System in Higher Learning Institutions

Knowledge Management (KM) is a vital aspect for any organization to stay competitive in global market. Most of the organizations around the world, have invested heavily for the purpose of developing a proper knowledge management system. It is unfortunate, that many organizations in different countries have not focused much on KM and its application, this was revealed based on the review conducted, in particular, the investigation on the Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs), especially in Malaysia, uncovered the failure or poor focus of KM system (KMS) due to various reasons. This paper however utilized an approach that could enhance the overall KM practice in the HLI domain, as it is believed user satisfactions and KMS success are correlated, therefore, this paper utilized co-creation as new recipe through which acquiring users values and needs towards the KMS. Following the steps of co-creation method had resulted set of attributes and features that forms the users values towards a KMS. As such, the obtained values originated to set of key roots forms the basic concepts to be utilized and enabled while developing the KMS. Based on the results obtained, the design and development of KMS application within HLI’s in general and in Malaysian HLIs particularly could be achieved. Keywords: Knowledge Management (KM), Knowledge Management System (KMS), Higher Learning Institutions, Co-creation Value, user values

Las colonias francesas dentro de la ecología-mundo (1830-1962): el caso de los combustibles fósiles, los bosques y las plantaciones tropicales en Argelia y Vietnam

Los imperios coloniales jugaron un papel importante en la historia del Capitaloceno a través de la apropiación y explotación de los recursos naturales baratos, de la mano de obra y las energías baratas del mundo extraeuropeo, pero también por su producción de las naturalezas capitalizadas dentro de él, y, más ampliamente su coproducción de un mundo ecológico caracterizado por intercambios económicos y ecológicos desiguales a escala global. Basado en una problemática resultante del trabajo de Jason Moore, una reinterpretación de la historiografía existente y un trabajo de archivo, este artículo muestra que, si bien es esclarecedor comprender la historia de los combustibles fósiles, los bosques y las plantaciones de Argelia (1830-1962) y de Vietnam (1858-1954) en términos de ecología-mundo, su contribución al desarrollo de la ecología-mundo debe examinarse a la luz de las especificidades de cada colonia y de cada sector. En primer lugar, hay que matizar la hipótesis de una producción colonial de combustibles fósiles que sería sistemáticamente barata y destinada a los centros capitalistas occidentales de la ecología-mundo, no correspondiendo esta hipótesis ni al carbón argelino (caro y usado localmente) ni a los hidrocarburos argelinos (caros y exportados principalmente a Francia) ni al carbón vietnamita (barato pero exportado al sudeste asiático). Entonces, la historia conjunta de las plantaciones de caucho vietnamitas y la agricultura colonial argelina revela una capacidad desigual y nunca absoluta de los colonizadores franceses, siempre dependientes de las condiciones ecológicas locales, para crear naturalezas capitalizadas que generen productos tropicales baratos. Finalmente, el estudio combinado de la explotación colonial de los recursos forestales en Argelia y Vietnam permite mostrar hasta qué punto el ecologismo manifestado por los colonizadores franceses, en particular el de las administraciones forestales coloniales, no obstaculizó la producción. Para la ecología-mundo, este análisis, evidentemente, merecería ser profundizado por nuevos estudios de caso, pero constituye, sin embargo, un primer vistazo a la compleja inserción histórica de las colonias francesas en el mundo ecológico

Ideology based incapacity on hydropolitics in South Africa Sudáfrica: an ontological assessment

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of hydropolitics in South Africa. The country remains one of the driest countries in the world with a below average rainfall of 450 mm per annum. The country’s economic hub in the Gauteng province is largely dependent on water from the neighbouring Kingdom of Lesotho. On a geopolitical level the country also shares various water sources with neighbouring states. This is especially relevant due to the dependence on South Africa, as the regional hegemon, for access to markets and income. However, large areas of South Africa experience extreme water scarcity due to a combination of factors that include climate change related drought, urbanisation and government-related water management failures. In many local government municipalities across the country the lack of government capacity to supply water resources and manage waste water have reached crisis proportions. Many towns and communities across South Africa have been left with unreliable access to sustainable water resources. This is mainly due to a combination of corruption, poor management and the lack of institutional capacity at local government level. The institutional incapacity of government is a result of the governing party African National Congress’ ideological approach to government, combined with political factionalism, which has stripped the civil service of expertise and led to the exodus of skilled individuals from both government and the country. The government’s implementation of the communist  ?  based Leninist democratic centralism, commonly known as a cadre deployment strategy, has resulted in large scale state capture and corruption that has had a devastating impact on the delivery of basic services such as water. Hydropolitical civil unrest has increased to an extent that, in instances such as the Majakeng and Maluti-a-Phofung municipalities, unrest became extremely violent and disrupted businesses and well as state education and health facilities. This article is an ontological investigation into the hydropolitical impact of, and ideological reasons for, state incapacity to manage water resources and deliver safe and sustainable supply of water to the population. While reference will be made to the general situation in the country, the Majakeng and Maluti-a-Phofung municipalities will be used as a case studies for the impact of water insecurity on political stability. On the other hand, the City of Cape Town’s ability to manage water scarcity and avert a drought related “day zero” scenario is used as an example of what can be achieved through sound management. The article will combine ideological considerations with theoretical explanations of ideology and state failure within a hydropolitical context in order to explain the current water crisis at local government level in South Africa and the threat that this poses to the political order in the country. Being a regional hegemon, any political disruptions in South Africa also threaten the geopolitical stability of the entire Southern African region. There remains a great deal of scope for future geopolitical co-operation around water within the Southern African Development Community that can secure a sustainable sources of future water supplies for South Africa and generate further income for the country’s neighbours. The article evaluates the current water situation in the country, explains the water related geopolitical considerations that the country has to take into account, investigates the ideological basis for government policy and institutional strategy and the impact that this has on the capacity of the state to deliver sustainable and reliable water access to local communities, and then evaluates some case studies that include both failures and a success story. This assessment includes various sources of literature that supply a theoretical conceptual basis for terms such as hydropolitics and ideology. These academic concepts provide the basis for the practical considerations that are an integral part of the ideologically ? based hydropolitical ontological assessment. The article concludes with some broad recommendations on how the country could mitigate some of the hydropolitical challenges that it faces

De la eco-historia a la ecología-mundo

Desde tiempos prehistóricos, las actividades humanas han transformado los ecosistemas. Pero es con la llegada del capitalismo industrial se ha traspasado un umbral histórico. A finales del siglo XX, la constitución de un espacio mundo productivo es el estandarte de la unificación ecológica del mundo: de la destrucción acelerada de especies, de la contaminación de los océanos, del agujero en la capa de ozono atmosférica amenazan hoy al planeta. En el Tercer Mundo, las tensiones ambientales son viejas conocidas, como la deforestación y la desertificación. Llevándolos al umbral de una economía-mundo, el capitalismo, tanto en sus versiones clásicas como en sus avatares "socialistas" ha empujado a las sociedades a una nueva relación con la naturaleza: la de un mundo ecológico

Comparison of inpatient vs. outpatient anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a retrospective case series

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Spinal surgery is increasingly being done in the outpatient setting. We reviewed our experience with inpatient and outpatient single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating (ACDF+P).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>All patients undergoing single-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with plating between August 2005 and May 2007 by two surgeons (RPB or JAF) were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent anterior cervical microdiscectomy, arthrodesis using structural allograft, and titanium plating. A planned change from doing ACDF+P on an inpatient basis to doing ACDF+P on an outpatient basis was instituted at the midpoint of the study. There were no other changes in technique, patient selection, instrumentation, facility, or other factors. All procedures were done in full-service hospitals accommodating outpatient and inpatient care.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>64 patients underwent ACDF+P as inpatients, while 45 underwent ACDF+P as outpatients. When outpatient surgery was planned, 17 patients were treated as inpatients due to medical comorbidities (14), older age (1), and patient preference (2). At a mean follow-up of 62.4 days, 90 patients had an excellent outcome, 19 patients had a good outcome, and no patients had a fair or poor outcome. There was no significant difference in outcome between inpatients and outpatients. There were 4 complications, all occurring in inpatients: a hematoma one week post-operatively requiring drainage, a cerebrospinal fluid leak treated with lumbar drainage, syncope of unknown etiology, and moderate dysphagia.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>In this series, outpatient ACDF+P was safe and was not associated with a significant difference in outcome compared with inpatient ACDF+P.</p

Partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengelolaan hutan bernilai konservasi tinggi (Studi kasus kawasan cagar alam Jantho)

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Eres, soy (Objetos, comportamientos y sentimientos de nuestra época)

Es un proyecto de videoarte en el que a través de la autoficción y la metáfora narrativa se documentan las situaciones que están marcando los años veinte del siglo XXI para un millennial. Para ello, se rescatan los objetos tecnológicos, relacionados con este contexto histórico-social. A través de un retrato generacional se buscará explicar nuestros sentimientos relacionados con las formas de organización e interacción social, a modo de relato antropológico cultural.It is a video art project in which, through autofiction and narrative metaphor, the situations that are marking the twenties of the 21st century for a millennial are documented. To do so, technological objects related to this historical-social context are rescued. Through a generational portrait, the aim is to explain our feelings related to the forms of social organisation and interaction, in the form of a cultural anthropological account.És un projecte de videoart on a través de l'autoficció i la metàfora narrativa es documenten les situacions que estan marcant els anys vint del segle xxi per a un millennial. per això, es rescaten els objectes tecnològics, relacionats amb aquest context historicosocial. A través d'un retrat generacional es cercarà explicar els nostres sentiments relacionats amb les formes d'organització i d'interacció social, com a relat antropològic cultural

TINGKAT KEPUASAN PASIEN TERHADAP PERAWATAN ORTODONTIK DIRUMAH SAKIT GIGI DAN MULUT UNIVERSITAS HASANUDDIN

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