Archive for April, 2009
What is “knowledge”? And what are its characteristics?
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15 Apr 2009Knowledge is a broad and abstract concept. There are around 2500 definitions of knowledge out there. Before we publish new results of our research we would like to share our definition and elaborate two characteristics of knowledge.
One way of defining knowledge is by distinguishing it from information and data. A commonly held view among researchers [...]
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In this final part of this study’s demographics, we present the different places the participants hold within the structure of their organizations. To do this we use the Mintzberg Matrix, and Mintzberg’s Mushroom visualization technique.
The organizational structure is one of the most important components of an organization’s design and could be described in terms of [...]
In this second part of the demographics of our research you can find: the sectors in which the participants are active, the size and type of organization they work for, and their job titles.
Size of the Organizations
As you can see in the figure below, there is a nice distribution of organizational sizes. This will allow [...]
The first batch of our collected research data will be analyzed this weekend and next week. An amazing number of 392 people from all across our beautiful planet have completed the questionnaire at this moment.
[IMPORTANT: This post will be updated since at this moment 479 people completed the questionnaire, and the analysis was based [...]
Research Philosophy
8 Apr 2009weknowmore.org adopts and actively promotes the following research philosophy.
External researchers must endorse these guiding principles in order to be published on our website.
Honesty
Strive for honesty in all scientific communications. Honestly report data, results, methods and procedures, and publication status. Do not fabricate, falsify, or misrepresent data. Do not deceive colleagues, granting agencies, or the public.
Objectivity
Strive [...]
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