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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"transfer of knowledge"”.
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Transfer of Knowledge From a Physician Residency Training Program
While physicians seek to keep patients well, much of their training and practice focuses on providing sick care to those who are ill or injured. In 1994, the Texas Department of Health began an initiative to promote clinical preventive services using the “Put Prevention Into Practice” (PPIP) model. …
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The transfer of knowledge through the organization of the neighborhood
… by watching activities in which the elements of their physical environment were made. This work was done out in the open, where everyone could see it as they walked by. People grew up knowing how to take 'responsibility' for the maintenance and modification of their own home. During and after …
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Test Expectancy and Transfer of Knowledge with Open-Book and Closed-Book Tests
… but this benefit did not persist and both types of testing produced equivalent retention on GRE comprehension questions and transfer questions after a two-day delay. In the second experiment, subjects were informed in advance of the type of immediate or delayed test to expect, in order to mimic …
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A study on the implication of knowledge transfer and social capital on fostering innovation within the partnership between universities and Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs)
… establishing partnerships with universities for knowledge transfer to complement their limitations in terms of knowledge, skill and investment. This thesis is concerned with the transfer of knowledge between universities and TBSFs in fostering innovation and understanding the implications of …
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How firms learn about new product development in their business networks
… research assessed the substantive validity of the propositions that were captured and posited from the qualitative research. Results suggest that companies learn about NPD in their business networks by a process of the transfer of existing knowledge and the cross-transformation of advanced …
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Optimizing knowledge management for change and innovation in the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) - Ghana
In an era where knowledge is increasingly seen as an organization’s most valuable asset, many firms have implemented knowledge-management systems in an effort to capture, store, and disseminate knowledge across the firm. The creation and transfer of knowledge in an organization has become a …
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Traits of Writing, Traits of Art
A study was conducted of Introductory Art students to find if the six traits of writing as written by Spandel/Stiggins (1997) would have influence over a narrative painting when combined with the six traits of painting. Inconclusive findings were reported. Data difference between the treated and …
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Corporate e-learning: how three healthcare companies implement and measure the effectiveness of e-learning
Technological advancements such as the growth of the Internet provide opportunities for learning that are hard to resist. As technology continues to change at a rapid pace, e-learning has become an important priority of corporate education. E-learning is evolving as a way to train and enhance …
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Corporate Innovation Subsidiaries: A Framework for Knowledge Transfer
To remain abreast of ongoing rapid transformations in the industry, incumbent automotive manufacturers have been establishing so-called corporate innovation subsidiaries in prominent innovation clusters, such as Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv, and Beijing, since the mid- to late 1990s. This study is …
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The Effects of Knowledge Transfer On Complex Problem Representation and Judgment in Auditing
An inherent aspect of an audit is the level of task complexity that junior auditors (staff and senior level associates) endure on a daily basis. This complexity directly impacts an auditor’s ability to form an appropriate problem representation, which in turn impacts judgment performance. One of …
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Managing knowledge in times of organizational re-structuring
This thesis is located within the area of Knowledge Management and focuses on enhancing the transfer of knowledge. The research investigated how organisations manage knowledge in times of major restructuring. The research used Action Research to establish a collaborative partnership with the client …
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Mechanisms for sustainable accountability : a case study of a nonprofit educational organization
A qualitative case study of the capacity to be accountable in one nonprofit intennediary educational organization yielded an emergent conceptual framework of four mechanisms: structural, governing, communicative, and educative mechanisms to build and sustain the capacity of accountability. Drawing …
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Semantic Snippets via Query-Biased Ranking of Linked Data Entities
In our knowledge-driven society, the acquisition and the transfer of knowledge play a principal role. Web search engines are somehow tools for knowledge acquisition and transfer from the web to the user. The search engine results page (SERP) consists mainly of a list of links and snippets (excerpts …
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The Effects of Individualism Vs. Collectivism on Learner's Recall, Transfer and Attitudes Toward Collaboration and Individualized Learning
… and online learner preference. The subjects of this study were a representative sample of groups of graduate students from different cultures. The instrument was composed of a treatment that was represented across two instructional environments. A web-based tool measured participant?s …
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Negotiated interaction in the learning of written discourse conventions
… at a university in Japan. Textbooks, samples of the students' essays, and written feedback from instructors were analyzed, and interviews were conducted with the students in order to demonstrate the varieties of descriptions and interpretations of written academic introductions the students …
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Knowledge Transfer through Narratives in an Organization
… by facilitating a collective assignment of meaning to those challenges that allows for problem solving, or at least a way to cope with the challenges. Specifically, the research examines how informal knowledge is embedded in organizations in the form of narratives, and how narratives are …
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A UK Market Town Maintaining Identity Amidst Urbanizing Sprawl: A Learning History
… and other characteristics. Market towns are often secluded from the outside world, located in rural areas of England with less significant roadways and very few railways leading into the towns. Despite the charming facade of market towns, challenges in contemporary society and the expansion …
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Do migrants transfer tacit knowledge? : the case of highly skilled Bangladeshi immigrants in the United States
Transfer of knowledge is a complex process. While codified knowledge is easy to transfer, tacit knowledge is not. "Tacit knowledge is difficult to exchange over long distance because it is heavily imbued with meaning arising from the social and institutional context in which it is produced, and …
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Robert Thompson and Vietnam: a historical analogy taken out of context by U.S. leaders
… Vietnam(1961-1963). A British Colonial Service Officer, Robert Thompson, helped develop the successful counterinsurgency doctrine during the Malayan Emergency. Later he carried this knowledge to Vietnam to help in the anti-Viet Cong struggle. U.S. leaders welcomed lessons of the Malayan …
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Case Study of the Generation Connection Program: An Intergenerational Program Transfer Initiative
… Program (GCP), an intergenerational program transfer initiative, was examined as the focus of this study in order to determine how an enabling agency approach can advance the implementation and sustainability of innovative intergenerational programs throughout a community. Teachers and long …
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