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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"Knowledge Work"”.
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Understanding Nurses' Knowledge Work
… investing in technologies and electronic knowledge management systems to improve patient care outcomes. Yet, effective implementation of these initiatives has been difficult with questionable return on investment outcomes (Ontario Hospital Association [OHA], 2007, 2008). Paton (2009) …
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Collaborative intelligence and innovation in knowledge work
Knowledge work addresses complex problems whose solutions emerge through cycles of exploration, experimentation, and refinement. Increasingly, these problems are solved through collaboration between humans and technologies, with interactions that shift and adapt over time. This dissertation …
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Impact of Information Technology on Knowledge Work
… processes involved in creating and sharing knowledge within the firm are being recognized as important. Research in information systems research has traditionally focused on examining the role of systems such as knowledge management systems that support these activities. This dissertation …
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The Politics of Post-Industrial Cultural Knowledge Work
… nature and theory of post-industrial cultural work and the humanities- and arts-based civic dialogues which cultural work promotes. Given the broad neglect of utopian thinking in the mainstream of critical social science and in an attempt to sketch out a vision of an alternative future, the aim …
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Discourse, dogma, and domination : knowledge work as art and politics
… the realities that constitute praxis. The work provides a different insight into organisational and management theory that encourages critical thinking about the normalising effects of discourse, and points to the possibilities that can emerge from engaging with alternative perspectives, …
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Rehumanising knowledge work through fluctuating support networks: a grounded theory
… methodology to produce a theory of rehumanising knowledge work through fluctuating support networks in the knowledge workplace. Data consisted of field notes and transcripts from personal interviews and focus groups. Participants were drawn from the public and private sectors and a variety of …
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What difference does a robot make? managing ambiguity in distributed knowledge work
… to the management of ambiguity in distributed knowledge work? We examined this question in a post-surgical intensive care where remote medical workers struggled to coordinate their work in the face of ambiguities related to their extremely sick patients. Our in-depth field study allowed us to …
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Essays on the Economics of Artificial Intelligence and Future of Knowledge Work
… between artificial intelligence (AI) and knowledge work, with a particular focus on language and writingbased AI technologies. Chapter 1 describes the scope, scale, and economic value of writing skills within the labor market, presenting descriptive statistics and employing hedonic wage …
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Learning Machines: Pedagogy, Academic-Industrial Collaboration, and Knowledge Work in the Russian Data Sciences
… focuses on elite efforts to restructure work and education in the Moscow information technology sector. Russia has long had a strong national program in theoretical mathematics, but has been less successful at applying this expertise to the development of modern computational science, …
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Network Rhetoric: A Network Ethnography of the Knowledge Work of System Builders in Child Care and Early Learning
… project situated at the intersection of workplace writing, network theory, rhetorical theory and the study of public discourses, this dissertation argues for how these areas of inquiry intersect productively so that we can better understand the effects of workplace writing on the social …
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Investigation of the Effects of Feedback and Goal Setting on Knowledge Work Performance in the Distributed Work Environment
… information technologies, the distributed work environment has become a choice of organizations. When employees and supervisors work in geographically separate locations, management challenges emerge. Performance improvement may become an issue. Performance may be improved by identifying, …
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The Implications of National Culture on American Knowledge Work Teams: A Model of a Collaborative Corporate Culture to Support Team Functioning
… many American businesses implement team-based work strategies. In many cases, however, teams fail in American organizations, which may be in part due to a conflict between American culture and the cooperative environment necessary for teams to function effectively. By comparing the literature …
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Information management using Web 2.0 technology
Web 2.0, the ultimate platform for tacit based knowledge work has finally arrived. User driven, collaborative platform based tools including wikis, web mash-ups, discussion boards, linkage based search engines, and tagging have the potential to vastly change how information is managed and how …
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Ethnic Studies for Secondary Schooling: Collaborative Curricular Insights from a Working Collective
… in a Collective to use and relate various knowledge resources, including local oral histories, to develop community-focused ES curricular guidance. Little is known about the type of <em>knowledge work</em> and <em>curriculum thinking </em>required of educators who are capable of putting the …
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Business Domain-Specific e-Collaboration
… to digitalization and the rising relevance of knowledge work. Product costing is an example of a business domain that is characterized by a high demand for communication, coordination, and information exchange. Time and location-based restrictions underline the necessity of computer-assisted …
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Design and Usability Testing of an mHealth Application for Midwives in Rural Ghana
… limited access to data for decision making and knowledge work. Few mobile health (mHealth) applications have been designed for midwives. The study purpose was to design and test an mHealth application (mClinic) that can improve data access and reduce the reporting burden for midwives at the …
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Office designing and planning for knowledge workers
… the major tasks in offices shifted from manual work to knowledge work, which required more concentration and communication than ever before. Responding to this trend, user behavior studies became more emphasized in the office design process – a successful office design should be a holistic …
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Design and Evaluation of Virtual Displays to Enable the Future of Work from Anywhere
The future of work is rapidly evolving, particularly in knowledge-based professions such as programming, engineering, and scientific research. These fields traditionally rely on physical monitors in office settings. However, with the rise of hybrid work models fueled by technological advances and …
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The Writing on the Wall: Examining the Literacy Practices of Home Renovation Work
Home renovation workers have historically belonged to the blue-collar workforce. Their jobs are often stereotyped as less cognitively complex than those belonging to their white-collar counterparts. While prior research has revealed the cognitive complexity of such work, there is still a gap in …
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