Category «Knowledge Management»

OECD – Machine-to-Machine Communications Connecting Billions of Devices You or your institution

Machine-to-Machine Communications – Connecting Billions of Devices, Publication Date, 30 Jan 2012. Bibliographic information No.: 192 Pages. 45. DOI 10.1787/5k9gsh2gp043-en “This document examines the future of machine-to-machine communication (M2M), with a particular focus on mobile wireless networks. M2M devices are defined, in this paper, as those that are actively communicating using wired and wireless networks, …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy

McKinsey: Innovators are using big data and analytics to sharpen risk assessment and drive revenue

How advanced analytics are redefining banking: “In search of growth, banks are increasingly analyzing the massive amounts of data they collect to sharpen their decision-making processes. In a new video interview, on mckinsey.com, McKinsey director Toos Daruvala explains how three banks are applying analytics in different ways to gain a competitive edge… Three related articles, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Paper – The Downfall of Extroverts and the Rise of Neurotics – The Dynamic Process of Status Allocation in Task Groups

Paper – The Downfall of Extroverts and the Rise of Neurotics – The Dynamic Process of Status Allocation in Task Groups, by Corrine Bendersky and Neha Parikh Shah, Academy of Management Journal, AMJ-2011-0316.R3. “We advance previous research that has associated extraversion with high status and neuroticism with low status in newly-formed task groups by examining …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Book review – The Invisible Playground: Phone Phreaking and the Criminalization of Curiosity

LA Times Book Review by Jason Brown of Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell by Phil Lapsley “Lapsleys book is the definitive history of the Golden Age of phone phreaking in the 1960s and 70s, when these quirks in the system were the basic tools used …

Subjects: Government Documents, Knowledge Management

Interview explores topic of new book – Givers vs. Takers: The Surprising Truth about Who Gets Ahead

Givers vs. Takers: The Surprising Truth about Who Gets Ahead. April 10, 2013. Knowledge@Wharton “A colleague asks you for feedback on a report. A LinkedIn connection requests an introduction to one of your key contacts. A recent graduate would like an informational interview. New research from Wharton management professor Adam Grant reveals that how you …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Consumer Reports – 101 secrets from our experts: The insiders guide to practically everything

“Consumer Reports magazine: May 2013 – The testers, reporters, and other experts who create our articles and product Ratings have a dazzling depth and breadth of knowledge about all kinds of products based on their decades of experience. For this roundup, weve asked them for their best tipsmoney savers, time savers, and just plain interesting …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

It Takes More Than a Major: Employer Priorities for College Learning and Student Success

“Liberal Education and Americas Promise (LEAP) is a national advocacy, campus action, and research initiative that champions the importance of a twenty-first century liberal educationfor individuals and for a nation dependent on economic creativity and democratic vitality.” 2013 national survey of employers report, It Takes More Than a Major: Employer Priorities for College Learning and …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Research – The Expression of Emotions in 20th Century Books

The Expression of Emotions in 20th Century Books, Alberto Acerbi; Vasileios Lampos; Philip Garnett; R. Alexander Bentley “We report here trends in the usage of mood words, that is, words carrying emotional content, in 20th century English language books, using the data set provided by Google that includes word frequencies in roughly 4% of all …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Libraries

Intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy

Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy [ALA] – Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment. Goal and Structure of the Paper: “In this whitepaper we present a case for exploring and articulating the intersections between scholarly communication and information literacy. We argue that these point to areas of strategic realignment of the roles …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries

May 13, 2013 concert – "Properly Tuned Masterpieces" – at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall

via LLRX – On Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 7:30 pm, a unique concert will be offered by the Foundation For The Revival Of Classical Culture at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, featuring Tian Jiang – Pianist and Inbal Segev – Cellist. Lynn J. Yen introduces the concert, entitled Properly Tuned Masterpieces will present, through “performance …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

New on LLRX – The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture

Via LLRX.com – The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture: The mission of The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture is the reintroduction of Classical principles of musical, artistic, and scientific practice and performance into the daily lives of American and other citizens, especially youth. Lynn J. Yen, Executive Director of the foundation, …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

New on LLRX – Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet 2013

Via LLRX.com – Statistics Resources and Big Data on the Internet 2013: Marcus P. Zillman has updated his best practices bibliography of sites and reliable sources focused on the hot topic of statistics and big data. These sources are representative of multiple publishers, national and global – government, academia, NGOs, and industry, many of which …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

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