Knowledge organization

Estudio de algunos aspectos contextuales del discurso médico mediante un módulo automático para el tratamiento documental

by Jorge Morato

Propuesta para la utilización de estructuras verbales aplicadas a la recuperación y representación de la información

by Jorge Morato

Definición de una Metodología para la Construcción de Sistemas de Organización del Conocimiento a partir de un Corpus Documental en Lenguaje Natural

by Jorge Morato

LiquidPublications and its technical and legal challenges

by Judith Simon

Co-authored with: N. Osman, C. Sierra, J. Sabater-Mir, J.R. Wakeling, G. Origgi, R. Casati, published in: Bourcier, D. , Casanovas, P., Dulong de Rosnay, M., Maracke, C.: Intelligent Multimedia: Managing Creative Works in a Digital World, Florence: European Publishing Academic Press. Here is the link to the complete book: http://creativecommons.fr/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CCiBook_printedversion_IntelligentMultimedia1.pdf

This paper proposes a new paradigm for dealing with scienti c knowledge in general, and publications in particular.... more This paper proposes a new paradigm for dealing with scientic knowledge in general, and publications in particular. The paradigm aims at changing the way in which knowledge is produced, disseminated, evaluated, and consumed.
A formal model is proposed and the issues of credit attribution, copyrights and licensing, which are crucial for the success of any new model, are addressed.

Last Call for Papers "Raumwissen und Wissensräume"; Deadline 25-04-12

by Stefan Schreiber

Call for Papers: "Raumwissen und Wissensräume. Interdisziplinärer Theorie-Workshop für NachwuchswissenschaftlerInnen" des Lesezirkels der Cross Sectional Group V „Space and Collective Identities“ des Exzellenzclusters „Topoi. The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations” vom 7.–9. August 2012 in Berlin

more info at: http://www.topoi.org/event/raumwissen-und-wissensraume/

Reflexive Thinking Practices of Bordered Helping Professionals: A Review of Zingaro’s Speaking Out

by Laura Bisaillon

The Qualitative Report (2012) 17(Rev. 5), 1-5.

Results from an interview-based social science investigation into the organization of how the critical thinking and... more Results from an interview-based social science investigation into the organization of how the critical thinking and decision-making practices of thirteen experienced helping professionals are shaped are explicated. The skills and techniques these people use in their day-to-day support of people who have, like themselves, experienced oppression, inequity, and violence, is examined. The complex choices and consequences stemming from mobilizing one’s narrative as a resource in the support of others, and the price people pay to disclose the truth about themselves in this context, is carefully and compassionately explored. We learn how this group of helping professionals finds and employ practical solutions to ethical, philosophical, and political dilemmas organizing their work. Practitioners and applied researchers will gain valuable insights from this book.

The level of the system's self-knowledge as a measure of its adaptive ability in the light of the Kwiatkowski's system development rule.

by Ryszard Stocki

Stocki, R. (submitted). The level of the system's self-knowledge as a measure of its adaptive ability in the light of the Kwiatkowski's system development rule.

Kwiatkowski, a Polish economist, formulated the rule linking economic development of nations with proportion of... more Kwiatkowski, a Polish economist, formulated the rule linking economic development of nations with proportion of population knowledgeable in the economic systems of their times. In the present paper we propose to broaden the rule to other systems, particularly organizations and propose empirical and information tools for testing the rule – quantitative analysis of the cognitive maps. We also present results of preliminary research where relation between development and the cognitive maps supported our assumptions.

Beyond the published discipline: Towards a critical pedagogy of international studies

by Jonas Hagmann

Forthcoming in: European Journal of International Relations (w/ Thomas Biersteker)

The growing sociology of IR literature systematically investigates the discipline’s organization and inner... more The growing sociology of IR literature systematically investigates the discipline’s organization and inner structuring. Making the academic field cognizant of its own institutional and intellectual configurations, the literature today empowers scholars to engage critically with the analytical, geocultural, and political lenses through which IR explains world politics. This contribution notwithstanding, there is a continuing focus in the literature on leading (flagship) publications as indicators of intellectual proclivities, and on IR scholars as their only relevant audiences. This article challenges this focus and expands the sociology of IR literature’s scope of analysis. Making the case for an inquiry into classroom socialization practices, it maps the paradigmatic, geocultural, gendered, and historical perspectives taught to students in the case of 23 American and European IR graduate programs. Pointing to differences between the instructed and the published discipline, the article shows how the instructed discipline is governed and constrained by different kinds of intellectual parochialisms. Problematizing the educative functions of these, it advocates a more self-reflexive understanding of IR teaching (a domain in which scholars have greater agency), and the enactment of a critical pedagogy of international studies.

Fukushima: Probing the analytical and epistemological limits of risk analysis

by Jonas Hagmann

Forthcoming in: Journal of Risk Research (pre-published 8 March 2012)

The Fukushima catastrophe tragically epitomizes the limitations of dealing with natural and technical hazards.... more The Fukushima catastrophe tragically epitomizes the limitations of dealing with natural and technical hazards. Remarkably yet, authorities’ review of the catastrophe continue to be limited to mistakes and responsibilities of practical risk management. Although state regulations are questioned, technical protection measures verified, and disaster management processes optimized, no deeper discussion about the actual analytical limits of risk analysis has been engaged thus far. What can risk analyses address and what remains beyond their scope? How trustworthy can risk analyses be, and what kind of statements about the future can they actually formulate? This article examines these broader analytical and epistemological boundaries of risk analysis. Drawing on cases of international nuclear risk management, it tests and problematises how the definition of risk, the methodology of their registration, and the interpretation of results are reaching their limitations in contemporary risk analysis. Following this critical discussion of risk analysis, the article draws conclusions concerning the usefulness and necessity of a differentiated and informed discourse on the potential and the limitations of the risk analysis method, an approach which today enjoys increasing popularity in a variety of policy sectors ranging from critical infrastructure protection to national and international security.

Knowledge-based Vertical Integration: The Nature of Knowledge and Economic Firm Boundary Location

by Herman A. van den Berg

Doctoral Thesis 2008

This research extends the knowledge-based view of the firm as it relates to organizational structure. In particular,... more This research extends the knowledge-based view of the firm as it relates to organizational structure. In particular, this research provides evidence that fundamental classifications of knowledge are measurable, in relative terms, as factors of production. It then relates differences in relative quantities of these classifications of knowledge to the presence or absence of inter-firm boundaries. Finally, this study provides evidence that financial performance may be related to the alignment of organizational structure with knowledge-based factors of production. This study contributes to strategic management theory by offering a potential solution to the difficulties of measuring knowledge as a factor of production. The research was motivated by the belief that it is the cost and value of knowledge that determines economic efficiency (Simon, 1999). By surveying professionals in the mutual fund industry for their relative reliance on three classifications of knowledge, this study suggests a set of measures of knowledge-based factors of production. These measures in turn support the testing of hypotheses related to the vertical integration (or de-integration) of adjacent stages of production. Researchers have typically categorized organizational knowledge as either tacit or explicit. This research develops the concept of encapsulated knowledge as a fundamental classification of knowledge. Encapsulated knowledge is neither tacit nor explicit, because it is externalized and implicit. Progress in measuring knowledge is made by distinguishing between knowledge that resides in human minds (tacit), knowledge that is codified as information (codified), and knowledge that is embodied in the design and functionality of physical artefacts (encapsulated). Relative reliance on the fundamentally different knowledge-based factors of production was found to vary between adjacent stages of production, despite the essential overlap of jointly held substantive knowledge. Portfolio managers are generally less (more) reliant on tacit (encapsulated) knowledge than other investment management professionals in the mutual fund complex. In addition, portfolio managers whose firms are de-integrated from the mutual fund management firms were found to be more (less) reliant on tacit (encapsulated) knowledge than their integrated counterparts. Finally, alignment between mutual fund structure and reliance on knowledge-based factors of production was found to affect performance of mutual funds.

Fukushima und die Grenzen der Risikoanalyse (Fukushima et les limites de l'analyse des risques)

by Jonas Hagmann

Published in: CSS Analysen zur Sicherheitspolitik, 2011
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Risikoanalysen dienen dazu, zukünftige Chancen und Herausforderungen systematisch zu erfassen und sie so berechenbar... more Risikoanalysen dienen dazu, zukünftige Chancen und Herausforderungen systematisch zu erfassen und sie so berechenbar und handhabbar zu machen. Heute findet die Risikoanalyse in immer mehr Politikbereichen Anwendung, so auch in der Sicherheitspolitik. Katastrophen wie diejenige von Fukushima werfen jedoch Fragen zu den Grenzen des Ansatzes auf. Schwierigkeiten bei der Integration des Wahrscheinlichkeitsaspekts, bei der Risikoerfassung sowie hinsichtlich der Aussagekraft lassen einen differenzierten Umgang mit der Methode der Risikoanalyse angezeigt erscheinen.

Les analyses de risques servent à répertorier systématiquement les chances et défis futurs et à les rendre ainsi quantifiables et gérables. De nos jours, l’analyse des risques est appliquée dans de plus en plus de domaines politiques, comme par exemple la politique de sécurité. Les catastrophes comme celle de Fukushima soulèvent cependant des questions quant aux limites de l’approche. Une utilisation différenciée de la méthode d’analyse des risques paraît indiquée étant donné les difficultés concernant l’intégration de l’aspect de la probabilité, le recensement des risques et sa pertinence.

Knowledge organization landscape: A content analysis of introductory courses

by Cristina Pattuelli

Changing practice through boundary organizing: A case from medical R&D

by Thomas Hoholm

Co-authored with Bjørn Erik Mørk, Margunn Aanestad and Eva Maaninen-Olsson, forthcoming in Human Relations.

This paper contributes to our understanding of practices in innovating organisations. Previous studies have... more This paper contributes to our understanding of practices in innovating organisations. Previous studies have demonstrated how breakthroughs in knowledge may fail to be translated into practices if they are not aligned with existing practices, or if they cut across established boundaries and power structures. By drawing upon an ethnographic study of a medical R&D department which has been highly successful in developing new medical practices this paper investigates how such challenges can be overcome. To date much of the literature has focused on coordination across boundaries and single well-defined boundaries. We therefore introduce the notion of ‘boundary organising’ to analyse highly political and contingent processes of innovation and change within and across different practices. We add to existing literature by highlighting how the handling of multiple boundaries, the indirect effects of boundary work, the negotiation of mutual benefits and interests, and mutual adaptation are key aspects of boundary organising.

Trusting the Corporate Instincts

by Marcus Goncalves

Opinions vary regarding the best ways to manage during hard times. Some say a downturn is a great time to consider... more Opinions vary regarding the best ways to manage during hard times. Some say a downturn is a great time to consider outsourcing, while others say it is the worst. Some argue for immediate cuts across the board; others suggest it is better to examine processes and projects in order to trim fat, not internal organs. Interestingly enough, hard times are always characterized by the presence of many gaps in the organization, the market, the economy, management, and so on. The harder the times, the more the gaps and the greater their impact.

Having a Mindset for Knowledge Capital

by Marcus Goncalves

You probably have heard it before, but in business, do you know what the definition of insanity is? It is to repeat... more You probably have heard it before, but in business, do you know what the definition of insanity is? It is to repeat the same business strategy over and over again and expect different results! To illustrate the motto in this context, take for example an event that I personally went through as a CKO of a start-up technology company a couple years ago: while teaming up with Gerry Lynch, the CEO at that time, and meeting with venture capitalists (VCs) trying to close a round B financing, I used to emphasize in every meeting the value and importance of our company’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio.

National risk registers: Security scientism and the propagation of permanent insecurity

by Jonas Hagmann

Published in: Security Dialogue, 2012 (w/ Myriam Dunn)

Aiming at the measurement, comparison and ranking of all kinds of public dangers, ranging from natural hazards to... more Aiming at the measurement, comparison and ranking of all kinds of public dangers, ranging from natural hazards to industrial risks and political perils, the preparation of national risk registers stands out as a novel and increasingly popular Western security practice. This article focuses on these registers and the analytical power politics in which they are complicit. We argue, first, that positing science as an objective determinant of security truth, national risk registers advance a modernist understanding of how knowledge of national dangers can be arrived at, discounting both sovereign and popular authorities; second, that by operationalizing a traditional risk-assessment formula, risk registers make possible seemingly apolitical decisions in security matters, taken on the basis of cost–benefit thinking; and, third, that risk registers’ focus on risk ‘themes’ tiptoes around the definition of referent objects, avoiding overt decisions about the beneficiaries of particular security decisions. Taking all these factors into account, we find that risk registers ‘depoliticize’ national security debates while transforming national insecurity into something permanent and inevitable.

Uma nova taxonomia para a ciência da informação

by Nanci Oddone

Review of Steve Fuller, The Knowledge Book

by Francis Remedios

Philosophy in Review. Vol. 28 no. 5, October 2008, pp. 329-331.

Constructing Digital Documents: Emerging Themes in Documentary Practice

by Paul Scifleet

forthcoming: TPDL 2011

Practice theory & the foundations of digital document encoding

by Paul Scifleet