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Physician Characteristics and Knowledge of CKD Management

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2009
Many studies suggest that chronic kidney disease (CKD) care is suboptimal in the United States. However, it is not known whether knowledge of CKD management in primary care physicians (PCPs) might have an important role in the suboptimal care and whether PCP characteristics are associated with having adequate knowledge.Cross-sectional study.Self ...
Rubeen K, Israni, Judy A, Shea, Marshall M, Joffe, Harold I, Feldman   +3 more
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Characteristics of connectionist knowledge representation

Information Sciences, 1993
Connectionism--the use of neural networks for knowledge representation and inference--has profound implications for the representation and processing of information because it provides a fundamentally new view of knowledge. However, its progress is impeded by the lack of a unifying theoretical construct corresponding to the idea of a calculus (or ...
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Knowledge-intensity as an organisational characteristic

Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 2011
The sector of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) has a central role in modern economies. However, there are no explicit and generally acknowledged criteria for characterising KIBS or other knowledge-intensive organisations. In addition, the concept of knowledge-intensity has no significant managerial use. This paper aims to widen the existing
KÄPYLÄ J., LAIHONEN H., LÖNNQVIST A., CARLUCCI, Daniela   +3 more
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Contingency Theory and The Characteristics of Knowledge.

Academy of Management Proceedings, 1998
We test competing hypotheses about the impact of environmental, strategic and knowledge-based factors on R&D organization structure.
JULIAN BIRKINSHAW, ROBERT NOBEL
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Knowledge Characteristics, Knowledge Acquisition Strategy and Results of Knowledge Management Implementations

2008
The very fundamental mission of hospital management is to deliver quality healthcare services by utilizing highly specialized medical knowledge and solve other healthcare problems within various resource constraints. Similar to other knowledge-intensive industries which operate in highly challenging business environments, hospitals of all sizes must ...
Wen-Jang (\\"Kenny\\") Jih, Cheng Hsui Chen, Andy Chen   +2 more
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Knowledge characteristics of communities of practice

Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 2005
This paper proposes a typology of communities of practice based on their knowledge characteristics. The structure of a community of practice, in terms of knowledge, may tend to the stratified or to the egalitarian. The predominant knowledge activity of the community may be sharing or nurturing. This produces four classes of community of practice.
Klein, Jonathan H., Connell, N.A.D., Meyer, Edgar   +2 more
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Key characteristics of knowledge

2009
Knowledge assets and their management currently constitute both a major source of competitive advantage for firms and a major problem. This paper explores the key characteristics and market properties of knowledge. It contributes to understanding the role of knowledge within a firm introducing concept of fast and slow changing knowledge and discussing ...
Tekić, Željko, Katalinić, Branko, Ćosić, Ilija   +2 more
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The Organizational Characteristics of Knowledge-Centricity

2004
Knowledge focused organizations are knowledge-centric, a term that embodies the creation and management of knowledge but embedded as an integral element of an organization’s strategy and performance. By devising an organizational characteristics matrix, this chapter identifies a number of essential and desirable features that comprise a knowledge ...
Jonathan Pemberton, George Stonehouse
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Social Characteristics and Knowledge

2018
From a critical perspective, it is important to assess the role of social categories such as class, gender, and cultural location for knowledge-making, and to examine the implications of the historical fact that psychology as an academic discipline has been associated with certain social characteristics.
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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MANAGEMENT BASED ON KNOWLEDGE [PDF]

Revista Tinerior Economisti(The Young Economists Journal), 2007
The decisive role held by knowledge in all domains of economic activity through the impact exerted upon the functionality and performance of the organization, asks for the promotion of the management based upon knowledge. The characteristics of the management based upon knowledge show its increased complexity and the significant role of the human ...
Mirela Sîrbu, Augustin Cîjmaroiu
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