The Social Life of Information by John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid Harvard Business School Press, February 2000. ISBN: 0875847625 Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Tunneling Ahead 1 1 Limits to Information 11 2 Agents and Angels 35 3 Home Alone 63 4 Practice Makes Process 91 5 Learning -- in Theory and in Practice 117 6 Innovating Organization, Husbanding Knowledge 147 7 Reading the Background 173 8 Re-education 207 Afterword: Beyond Information 243
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starting my education with the University of Phoenix program I was unemployed and actively seeking re-employment. Prior to losing my job I was running an exceptional sports program at one of our organizations premier facilities in a very affluent community. However, I was feeling as though I had hit a plateau in my career and professional development due to not having my degree. The next areas of professional growth for me in my field involve becoming an Executive Director or an Association Youth Sports
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Library Search Worksheet Use this worksheet to take notes about the articles you find when researching for Week 2 Assignment 1: University Library Search. Fill out each section of the tables for Article 1 and Article 2. You can also save a blank copy of this worksheet and use it to properly cite your sources when you write research papers for your future courses. Article 1: |Career Explored |Marriage counselor / advisor
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Caribbean Dialogue July/August 1994 The Importance of Negotiation Preparedness: Reflections on the Caribbean Experience _________________________ Alister McIntyre Over the past three decades, the CARICOM countries have both individually, and as a group, accumulated considerable experience in regional and international negotiations. Within the region, the development of CARICOM and related institutions and arrangements have taken up a considerable amount of time of governments. Associated
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For Thanksgiving there is a big dinner held during life skills classes. At Christmas, there is a gift give away where all the AC’s get gifts for their clients. There is also a Christmas party on Christmas Eve every year where current and alumni residents get gift cards and not yet released Warner Brother DVD movies. Gift cards and toys are given to current residing and alumni children. Food and music help solidify the night along with memories and surprises. Other on-site amenities include a fruit
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Minds on Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 More than one-third of the world’s population is under 20. There are over 30 million people today qualified to enter a university who have no place to go. During the next decade, this 30 million will grow to 100 million. To meet this staggering demand, a major university needs to be created each week. —Sir John Daniel, 1996 T By John seely Brown and Richard P. adler he world has become increasingly “flat,” as Tom Friedman has shown
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* Definitions: community, health, partnerships, capacity * The power of collaborative partnerships * Who should be involved? * How to build healthier communities: A model for community and system change * Factors affecting the work of community partnerships * Ten recommendations for promoting community health and development Most of us want the same things from our communities. We want them to be safe from violence and illness; we want neighborhoods that are alive and that work
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16.3.2010 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 64 A/1 V (Announcements) ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES EUROPEAN PERSONNEL SELECTION OFFICE (EPSO) NOTICE OF OPEN COMPETITION EPSO/AD/177/10 — ADMINISTRATORS (AD 5) (2010/C 64 A/01) Are you interested in working for the European institutions? Does your profile meet our criteria? Why not apply? Give yourself a chance to succeed. The European Personnel Selection Office (EPSO) is organising admission tests and an open competition,
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CASE: M-321 DATE: 8/27/09 OBAMA AND THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY In early 2007, Barack Obama was a little-known senator running for president against Democratic nominee and household name, Hilary Clinton. But on November 4, 2008, Obama made history as the first African American to win the election against Republican candidate, John McCain, thus becoming the 44th president of the United States. Obama won by a margin of nearly 200 electoral votes and 8.5 million popular votes. Many
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Kritika Ku ltu ra NEW SCHOLARS FORUM Gay Language: Defying the Structural Limits of English Language in the Philippines Norberto V. Casabal Lyceum of Subic Bay, Philippines nvcasabal@yahoo.com Abstract Gay language has achieved a higher degree of acceptance in recent years in the Philippines. Both gays and nongays can be heard uttering gay expressions. But the main role of gayspeak for gay people in the Philippines is to function as an “armor” to shield themselves from the chasm and the social
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