Management Issues has a nice post titled “Organizations Ignoring the Transfer of Knowledge” that talks about the lack of planning for the transfer of knowledge between the Baby Boomer and younger generations. An excerpt: A study by U.S research body The Conference Board has found most American, Canadian and European businesses are woefully ill-prepared for [...]
Doctorate Pursuit – Year 1
August 29, 2008 By 2 Comments
The first year of my doctorate program is done! Actually…I finished my last course about a month ago but with the Fall 2008 semester starting next week, I figured I should claim the First Year is complete. During the first year I took five courses: INFS 614 – Introduction to Research INFS 720 – Systems [...]
Improving Knowledge in Projects
May 6, 2008 By 8 Comments
This post is an excerpt of a recent paper titled “Improving Knowledge in Projects.” If you’d like to read the full paper, click here for the PDF version of Improving Knowledge in Projects. In the project management world, a considerable amount of research exists to describe the reasons behind the success or failure of projects [...]
Article Review on Knowledge Management
April 14, 2008 By 1 Comment
One of my assignments in my Knowledge Management Class had me read and review am article using PowerPoint. I’ve just submitted the assignment and wanted to provide a link to my readers to take a look at the presentation and provide some feedback. The article reviewed is: Slaughter, S. A., & Kirsch, L. J. (2006). [...]
My Bookshelf
April 13, 2008 By 3 Comments
I’ve been tagged by Jim Stroup at Managing Leadership to provide a listing of the books that I’m currently reading and/or are on my bookshelf. Well…since my bookshelf is actually 3 bookshelves full of all types of books (I have very eclectic tastes in books), I’ll give a quick rundown of the books/articles I’m reading [...]
Project Knowledge Management
March 13, 2008 By 8 Comments
I’ve been reading up on knowledge management topics (due to one of my classes being “Knowledge Management”) and have found that there is a nice subset of knowledge management research focused on managing knowledge in projects. I found this interesting and dove into a few articles that I found. In the project management world, there [...]
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