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United States' Defense Industry and Knowledge Management

projects which are "sponsored by functional proponents" (1999, p.23). Using online methods does help the defense industry to trans...

Corporate Culture, Leadership, and Price Waterhouse Coopers

that could be shared and disseminated (E-commerce Awards, 2000). In addition, knowledge about clients, skills, expertise, methods ...

IT and KM

One company that has successfully used KM to integrate thousands of employees and the skills they bring to the office is Pricewate...

Early Management Theoretical Pioneers

"produce rational, good and humane people" (Spartacus Educational, 2001). His argument was that people were inherently good "but t...

Costing Case Study in Management Accounting

in this calculation and the contribution will be the net income. As a result the net income is the contribution 54 x...

E-Systems and the Addition of a KMS or Knowledge Management System

was below $8 at the end of 1999; it last closed near $4.50, which represents an increase of nearly 100 percent. Revenues are repo...

An Organization and Adding Value

as Gap and Nike (Mason, 2000). In some cases, the charges have been valid. Many Asian and other nations see no real...

Business and the Creation of Value

to be made up of push factors and pull factors. The pull factors may be seen in the attraction that new markets hold, such as new ...

Federal Express Total Quality Management Case Study

their way of life: 1. The level of customer satisfaction increases and satisfied customers bring more business, which ensures the ...

DMAIC or MBO?

statistical control. Deming (2000) extended this to SoPK, saying it is necessary to have an understanding of both common cause va...

Knowledge Creation and Tesco; The Successful Use of Technology and a Loyalty Scheme

1. Introduction The commercial environment is becoming increasingly competitive. Companies need to find ways of keeping and then...

Informaion Technology and the Construction Contractor

not been as visible. The starting point of construction has benefited from CAD layer programmes for many decades. However, it may ...

IS and KM

to an organisation, in effect become wisdom. Wenig looks at how knowledge is gained and then used (KMF, 1996). Knowledge it is arg...

Knowledge Management and the Roles of ICT and Social Processes

which interaction takes place and arte key to the formation of culture within an organization. Social process take place regardles...

Enron Scandal Analysis

books. The charges against Lay are that "he knew his company was failing in 2001 when he sold millions of dollars in stock and ur...

Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Acquisition

into the information that is readily available as a part of the public domain, such as can be found on corporate websites. Intell...

Memorandum on KM

problems. I believe that there needs to be a database on which staff can rely to retrieve valuable information for retail customer...

Information Use and Best Practices

the company. iv. Communication can be two-way. v. Keeps clients informed without involving impersonal letters or costly telephone ...

Corporate Value Created Through Knowledge

Xerox want to survive they need to change and shift from selling only equipment to packaging it with software and services in orde...

Power, Knowledge, and Management

relationship is basically dependent on which side determines the objectives which are to be achieved and means which are to be emp...

3 Questions on Management

In 5 pages this paper answers management questions upon the customer service superiority of flatter organizations, employee motiva...

Principles of Management

did think that workman demonstrated excellent work habits only spasmodically, which was why rules were needed (Boylan, 1995). The...

Management and the Workforce in the Twentieth Century

century, the societys appetite for greater productivity has been insatiable (Harrington, 1999). The author relates that Taylor wa...

Tesco's KM

personalise the offers which are sent to customers; True personalisation. Gaining loyalty is a difficult process. To this end adve...

Knowledge Management (KM) Processes

careful to not be blinded by the bells and whistles of technology or the "gee-whiz" factor. Instead, they must be able to determin...

Theorists and Course Setting Management

the late 1950s and co-founded Scientific Methods, a consultancy business, in 1961 (Scientific Methods, 1998). Dr. Blake institute...

Strategic Management Processes and How The Originated

In nine pages this research paper considers strategic management from its 1875 origins until 1960 with the contributions of Taylor...

Life and Work of Management Theorist Dr. William G. Ouchi

In five pages this research paper discusses the life of Dr. William Ouchi and his work, which focuses upon his contributions to ma...

Analyzing a Professional Organization's Process

In ten pages the Ford Motor Company's process of management structure is analyzed and includes such issues as the process contribu...

Economist Tom Peters' Ready, Fire, Aim!

has reshaped management practices and concepts over the past two decades. He is the phenomenon known as Tom Peters. Born in Balt...