Knowledge Management

What is the management?

      Management in all business areas and organizational activities are the acts of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives efficiently and effectively. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leading or directing, and controlling an organization (a group of one or more people or entities) or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal. Resourcing encompasses the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources.

What is Knowledge management?

      Knowledge Management is the collection of processes that govern the creation, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge. In one form or another, knowledge management has been around for a very long time. Practitioners have included philosophers, priests, teachers, politicians, scribes, Liberians, etc.

What is information system?

      An information system  is any combination of information technology and people's activities using that technology to support operations, management, and decision-making.^] In a very broad sense, the term information system is frequently used to refer to the interaction between people, algorithmic processes, data and technology. In this sense, the term is used to refer not only to the information and communication technology  an organization uses, but also to the way in which people interact with this technology in support of business processes

What are the component of information system?

      The main components of information systems are computer hardware and software, databases,

5 COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION SYSTEM:

1. IT i.e. hardware and software

2. Data/Information

3. Procedures/Policies

4. People

5. Purpose

6. Communication Networks

Why do you need  apply the knowledge management process in our business?    

      Many organizations are now in the throes of implementing knowledge management strategies. However, like many other ground-breaking initiatives, success is often elusive. This workshop is primarily aimed at knowledge managers and knowledge management teams, taking them step by step through the key stages of the implementation of knowledge-based strategies. It is also beneficial for any senior manager, especially R&D, marketing, and business development manager, who wants to use better knowledge management as a key to improved business performance.

 source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management

           : http://www.km-forum.org/what_is.htm

           : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_system

           : http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_major_components_of_an_information_system

           : http://www.skyrme.com/services/kmpract.htm

What is copyright ?

Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. The exclusive rights are however balanced for public interest purposes with limitations and exceptions to the exclusive right - such as fair dealing and fair use. Copyright theory says that it is the balance between the exclusive rights and the limitations and exceptions that engenders creativity. Copyright does not protect ideas, only their expression or fixation. In most jurisdictions copyright arises upon fixation and does not need to be registered. Copyright owners have the exclusive statutory right to exercise control over copying and other exploitation of the works for a specific period of time, after which the work is said to enter the public domain. Uses which are covered under limitations and exceptions to copyright, such as fair use, do not require permission from the copyright owner. All other uses require permission and copyright owners can license or permanently transfer or assign their exclusive rights to others.

Initially copyright law only applied to the copying of books. Over time other uses such as translations and derivative works were made subject to copyright and copyright now covers a wide range of works, including maps, dramatic works, paintings, photographs, sound recordings, motion pictures and computer programs. The British Statute of Anne 1709, full title "An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies of Printed Books in the Authors or purchasers of such Copies, during the Times therein mentioned", was the first copyright statute.

Today copyright laws have been standardized to some extent through international and regional agreements such as the Berne Convention and the European copyright directives. Although there are consistencies among nations' copyright laws, each jurisdiction has separate and distinct laws and regulations about copyright. National copyright laws on licensing, transfer and assignment of copyright still vary greatly between countries and copyrighted works are licensed on territorial basis. Some jurisdictions also recognize moral rights of creators, such as the right to be credited for the work.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

Rubric Evaluation

Wiki Rubrichttp://www.uwstout.edu/static/profdev/rubrics/wikirubric.html

This rubric may be used for assessing individual and group Wiki contributions.
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ELEMENT	Exemplary   3	Proficient 2	Partially Proficient 1	Unsatisfactory 0	POINTS
Content	Provides a fresh and balanced perspective on the topic.	Provides original ideas with a minimum of personal bias.	Provides one or two original ideas which include some personal bias.	Does not provide any original ideas and personal bias is obvious.	____/3
	Provides comprehensive insight, understanding, and reflective thought about the topic.	Provides a moderate amount of insight, understanding, and reflective thought about the topic.	Provides only minimal understanding, or reflective thought about the topic.	Provides no understanding or reflective thought about the topic.	____/3
	Explains all ideas clearly and concisely in a logical progression with effective supporting evidence.	Explains most ideas clearly and concisely with supporting evidence.	Incompletely explains ideas and does not effectively use supporting evidence.	Fails to explain ideas clearly, and does not use any supporting evidence.	____/3
	Presents all information in a style that is appealing and appropriate for the intended audience.	Presents information in a style that is generally appropriate for the intended audience.	Presents information in a style that is often inappropriate for the intended audience.	Presents information in a disjointed, unpolished style which is inappropriate for the intended audience.	____/3
Organization	Uses a consistent organizational structure that includes grouping related information, defines specialized vocabulary and/or provides a table of contents.	Uses an organizational structure which groups some but not all, related information, defines specialized vocabulary and/or provides a table of contents.	Uses a loosely defined organizational structure which attempts to group similar items.	Fails to provide a consistent organizational structure, and information is difficult to locate.	____/3
Text Layout	Makes frequent and effective use of headings, fonts, bullet points and white space to enhance the content’s visual appeal and increase readability.	Makes occasional use of headings, fonts, bullet points and white space to enhance the content’s visual appeal and increase readability.	Makes minimal use of headings, fonts, bullet points and white space to enhance visual appeal and readability.	Makes no use of headings, fonts, bullet points or white space to enhance visual appeal and readability.	____/3
Hyperlinks	Includes links to websites or documents that enhance the information presented.	Includes links to websites or documents, but not all links enhance the information presented.	Includes links to websites or documents which add little value to the information presented.	Does not include any links, or the links selected are of poor quality and do not add any value to the information presented.	____/3
	Connects to relevant, up-to-date resources.	Connects to resources which are usually relevant and up-to-date.	Connects to many outdated resources which appear to have only a minimal connection to the topic.	Connects to outdated resources which have no connection to the topic.	____/3
Graphics and Multimedia	Selects high quality graphics and multimedia when appropriate to enhance and clarify the content.	Selects graphics and multimedia which are mostly high quality and enhance and clarify the content.	Selects many low-quality graphics and multimedia which do not enhance the content.	Selects no graphics, or uses only low-quality graphics and multimedia which do not enhance the content.	____/3
	Acknowledges all image and multimedia sources with captions or annotations.	Acknowledges most image and multimedia sources with captions or annotations.	Acknowledges only a few multimedia and image sources and uses incomplete captions or annotations.	Fails to acknowledge any image or multimedia sources, either with a caption or an annotation.	____/3
Citation	Consistently uses standard bibliographic format to cite sources.	Uses standard bibliographic format to cite sources most of the time.	Does not use standard bibliographic format to cite sources, and citations are incomplete.	Does not cite any sources.	____/3
	Accurately cites all sources of information to support the credibility and authority of the information presented.	Most sources are cited accurately, and support the credibility of the information presented.	Few sources are cited accurately, and they fail to adequately support the credibility of the information presented.	Does not provide any accurate information about sources used.	____/3
Group/Partner Collaboration	Contributes equally with other group members in researching, writing, and editing.	Assists group members with most of the researching, writing and editing.	Provides minimal assistance to group members in researching, writing and editing, and does not follow through with all tasks.	Provides no assistance to group members in any of the researching, writing and editing and does not follow through with any of the tasks.	____/3
	Meets all goals and deadlines.	Usually meets goals and deadlines.	Occasionally meets goals and deadlines.	Does not meet goals and deadlines.	____/3
	Exhibits appropriate wiki etiquette when editing and respects the work of others.	Exhibits appropriate wiki etiquette most of the time and generally respects the work of others.	Exhibits a minimal knowledge of wiki etiquette and often fails to respect the work of others.	Exhibits no knowledge of wiki etiquette and fails to respect the work of others.	____/3
Writing Mechanics	Edits the text with no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.	Edits the text with minor additional editing required for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.	Edits the text, but errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling distract or impair readability. (3 or more errors)	Edits the text but numerous errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling repeatedly distract the reader and major revision is required. (more than 5 errors)	____/3
TOTAL POINTS					___/48

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How Search Engines Work

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The term "search engine" is often used generically to describe both crawler-based search engines and human-powered directories. These two types of search engines gather their listings in radically different ways.
Crawler-Based Search Engines
Crawler-based search engines, such as Google, create their listings automatically. They "crawl" or "spider" the web, then people search through what they have found.
If you change your web pages, crawler-based search engines eventually find these changes, and that can affect how you are listed. Page titles, body copy and other elements all play a role.
Human-Powered Directories
A human-powered directory, such as the Open Directory, depends on humans for its listings. You submit a short description to the directory for your entire site, or editors write one for sites they review. A search looks for matches only in the descriptions submitted.
Changing your web pages has no effect on your listing. Things that are useful for improving a listing with a search engine have nothing to do with improving a listing in a directory. The only exception is that a good site, with good content, might be more likely to get reviewed for free than a poor site.
"Hybrid Search Engines" Or Mixed Results
In the web's early days, it used to be that a search engine either presented crawler-based results or human-powered listings. Today, it extremely common for both types of results to be presented. Usually, a hybrid search engine will favor one type of listings over another. For example, MSN Search is more likely to present human-powered listings from LookSmart. However, it does also present crawler-based results (as provided by Inktomi), especially for more obscure queries.http://searchenginewatch.com/2168031