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Knowledge
Knowledge can be interpreted in many different ways. Some may see knowledge as learned
education. Others may see education as intelligence. None of these perspectives of knowledge
are right or wrong. Every person is entitled to their own definition, source, and use of knowledge
in their lives. I view knowledge as the wisdom and insight that one may acquire over time, by
personal experiences and influences in life. Most of the basic knowledge acquired by people
starting at a young age is in school. As young children, we learn elementary facts such as our
numbers and the alphabet. The older we become, the more facts we are taught, and the more
complex these facts become. The knowledge one may learn in school is what I...show more content...
The television shows we watch and the music that we listen to are huge daily influences on our
lives. They help shape the way we think, what we know, and what we feel. We follow the trends that
television tells us are "in" and say the things that everyone says. We tend to try to model ourselves
after the people on the big screen. The enormous impact that the media and entertainment industry
has on the public grows daily with increasing technology. The internet is one of the newer sources of
both education and entertainment. It is also fairly harmful. Many things that are banned from
television and movies are easily accessible on the World Wide Web, to everyone, including children.
The relationships that we have with people, whether it is co–workers, family, or friends, directly
influence us with every interaction. In the workplace, the people that one may work with affect our
work habits. If a person works in a busy, fast–paced office, he will be used to that type of lifestyle.
But if that same person were to move to a slow–paced, lazy office, he would feel unproductive and
lazy.
At home, the people that we live with, our family, are our first teachers. Home is where we learn
the morals and values that we, as adults, pass on to our children. Our manners and etiquette that are
learned at home are what we bring into the outside world and portray to others. The knowledge and
insight that we acquire from our
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The Importance of Knowledge
"That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow."
Knowledge is regarded by many as the ultimate truth and is constantly sought after in all forms.
Knowledge, however, does not remain constant and is always changing as people come to learn
new and different things about the knowledge and attempt to make sense of it. These many
differing theories and interpretations are what cause confusion and differences in a person's beliefs
and therefore knowledge. This is why it is important to understand how one comes to learn or
interpret knowledge as it may affect future knowledge in a certain field such as history or the natural
sciences. In order to understand this, it is necessary for one to learn how a person comes to
understand knowledge regarding history and the natural sciences by using language and emotion.
History play a major role in a person's life as it shapes their current actions which then in turn
shapes their feelings. This is usually the case around the world as well. These feelings and actions,
however, are not always the same and have rarely, if ever, been so. This may in a small part be due
to the predisposition one has since birth, however, the large scale cause for these different feelings
and opinions in regards to history usually stem from what we learn through a text book, family and
friends, a teacher, or even through pure observation. Although there don't seem to be too many
mediums through which history is conveyed, a wide
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The Knowledge Of Knowledge And Knowledge Essay
What is knowledge? Some would say that it is simply "to know," but it is much deeper than that.
The philosophers of knowledge have developed arguments about the different terms used to explain
the term "knowledge." As apparent with philosophers, each philosopher has his or her thought about
the idea of knowledge where they either agree with some of their fellow philosophers, or criticize
their ideas. The knowledge of knowing how and knowing that are different from each other,
although they show some relation (Fantl, 2008). Philosopher Gilbert Ryle is given credits for his
work of providing a distinction between the knowledge of knowing how and knowing that. Some
people believe that there is no distinction between the knowledge of knowing how and knowing–
that. The knowledge of knowing how and knowing that has brought confusion among people who
try to understand the various forms of knowledge and the idea of knowledge itself. The problem that
is in question is to provide an analysis of the distinction between knowing– how and knowing that.
The paper is going to give an argument on the distinction that exists between the knowledge of
knowing how and knowing that.
The question is a problem as many people get stuck in realizing whether the two types of knowledge
have a difference. Because of this, many philosophers have got into the discussion on the issue of
knowledge. Some of them have been criticizing Gilbert Ryle's argument that a huge difference does
exist between the
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What is Knowledge? Essay
Where does knowledge begin? The creation and acquisition of knowledge is a difficult and
complex topic to grasp. Is it an innate process we are born with or an ability that is learned and
acquired through experience? My opinion of knowledge has varied tremendously through out years
of exposure from an uneducated regurgitation of subject matter discussed in a room of four white
walls and pretentious brats to an understanding of nontraditional, analytic insight gained from a vast
exposure to dissimilar cultures and strong models.
Throughout our life stages, many things become clear and broadened with maturity and the tenacity
to conquer that unfamiliarity through risk taking. These experiences and other relationships have
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Information like that described by Lilia, ."..there was a pattern where they put me in those really
basic classes for five years. I guess there was a pattern where they put me in those really basic
classes and then decided I would go through my elementary school years in those classes. I didn't
learn to read or write" (19). Lilia's language and culture barrier were never addressed by the
administration but through her desire to learn.
Like that of Lilia, bell also held a reverence about her background and its short comings, "No
wonder our working class parents from poor backgrounds feared our entry into such a world,
intuiting perhaps that we might learn to be ashamed of where we had come from, that we might
never return home, or come back only to lord it over them" (24). It was clear throughout the journey
that even with advanced education; a student is deprived of their cultural knowledge. There is
mention of her feelings of frustration to express insight about the contorted beliefs. However, her
feelings lay dormant throughout her time at Stanford. It is those suppressed feelings that guided her
achievements.
Lilia's experience of perseverance gained through hardships and doubt, has led me to feel more
inspired to believe in my actions and to be more tenacious in achieving my goals. Coming from a
single–parent home, I have overcome many obstacles and statistics. The rigidity that the military
brought onto me had given me feelings of desperation
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Essay on Definition of Knowledge
Definition of Knowledge
Truth is the essence of all knowledge. Our Knowledge is justified true belief. Everyday people hear
and experience things and then choose whether or not to believe them. It is the justification of the
knowledge that we acquire that makes something believable to a person or not. The justification for
our knowledge allows us to decide whether to believe something is true or not. People tend to use
things like scientific evidence, first hand experiences, word of mouth, logic, faith and many other
things everyday of their life to determine whether something is truthful or not.
Before continuing, it is important that it is stated that nothing should be taken for truth...show more
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Rather than trusting the opinion of another you can go out into the world and prove something for
yourself. A first hand account is often the best proof of anyting.
Science is a form of empirialism. It is the search of truth based on experience. Scientists aspire to
prove theories based on other truths that have already been proven. The truths of science should
be agreed upon by any thinkers in the universe that observe the same regular phenomena. This is
because scientific knowledge must be based on solid evidence. Scientists seek to prove a
hypothesis through the experience of experiments and observation. The goal of science is to
discover patterns in nature, and has a very effective way of acquiring knowledge from observations
of those patterns. Facts acquired from scientific experiments seem to be very strong evidence of
truth. But these facts are only useful in a small branch of knowledge.
Faith is a common way of knowing for people all around the world. It is not unnatural for people
to believe that there is a superior being or that death is not the end. There is no way to prove that
this is true or not true, yet the idea seems to be enough for most people to believe it. Faith is belief
without doubt based on revelation, faith based on experience is not faith. So, without any experience
or
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What Do We Know About Knowledge?
What do we all know about knowledge? Does it defines how smart an individual is or will it tell
us what an individual are skillful in? Knowledges are the facts, information, and skills an
individual obtain through experiences and/or education over time. Then, how do we determine
it; what tools or standards are being used to know if someone is knowledgeable or not? When we
are in school, teachers will use letters and numbers to grade us, but what does that mean? If you
get a low grade on a test or assignment does it mean that you are not smart enough? There many
be people during your school age that are 'A' students, but does that mean they are smarter than
you or it just that they know how to study what the teacher assigned to them? In a classroom,
students are ranked by grades and that determine what the teacher think the student 'know' and
how well they will do in the future. For many years, grades were my priority. It was everything for
me and maybe it is still that way. I was one of those students that finish all assignments on time
and gets good grades on assessments, but does that make us a smart person? Does that mean all
the people that doesn't get 'A's' are dumb? In this paper we will discuss how grades are important,
but it doesn't mean everything; there are many other ways to determine an individual's knowledge
such as their experience. Since we were young, adults were telling us how people are ranked in the
society. Grades were the key factor that determine
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The True Knowledge Of Knowledge
True Knowledge What really is true knowledge? Can anyone really be sure if anything they know
is really true? These types of questions are at the heart of every philosophical debate. They have
generated countless theories and for centuries philosophers have questioned whether knowledge
exists and if we know anything at all. It 's a topic that goes as far back as 400 BC. So what is
Knowledge? Knowledge is actually defined by the dictionary as, "general awareness or
possession of information, facts, ideas, truths, or principles." Now we all know that philosophers
define knowledge as justified true beliefs, as a working model. But because knowledge is so
challenging to define and come to an agreement on, there have been certain philosophers that
stand out over the course of history. Some which believe in true knowledge such as Plato, Rene
Descartes, Pythagorean, and Kant. As well as the one which did not believe; Hume, the ideas of
skepticism as well as realism. In this paper we shall explore the idea of true knowledge, and find
out if it really exists by looking at some of the philosophers, and ideas that they had. With this all
being said, it leads us up to one very important question, and that is, how is knowledge even
acquired? With all this talk about what knowledge is we must now define how one comes to
acquire knowledge. There are many different ways in which knowledge can be acquired, one way
depending on its source is a posterior, where knowledge is possible
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Knowledge Is Knowledge Essay
I am disagreeing with this statement; the knowledge, which we acquired easily, is also valuable.
It is difficult to define knowledge as every person has different views of knowledge. For me
knowledge is skill, fact and information, which we obtain from experiences or understanding.
Having knowledge is extremely essential in practical and personal life, it is important in the sense
of everyday. Only attempt and interest can help us to get enough knowledge, but only working hard
and gaining knowledge can only help us sometimes. Knowledge always depends on people's
perception about it.
We can change our travelling plans according to the weather, if someone is good at maths, they can
become math teacher. Knowledge is valuable in practical life, to make...show more content...
If somebody want to go to India, it is valuable for him or her to know how to get there. If we are
hungry and want to eat then it is valuable to learn what is good to eat, if we are searching for
happiness then it is important to know what kind of things leads to happiness, hence everything that
happened to us is valuable.
The people who wants to know and what they are prepared to pay for it determine the value of
knowledge. Certain knowledge is valuable to certain people to prove it; they remake the same
mistakes over again, maybe because learning from our own mistakes is so difficult since we have to
put a lot of exertion into it.
Do we only value knowledge if it has produced with difficulties? My answer is NO– any bit of
knowledge, even though it produced without any trouble is equally important.
Knowledge is valuable if it is useful; however useful is a future condition, which is unconnected to
how we get the knowledge. Moreover, lessons learned through hardship seem more important and it
can be recall more easily. For example, manufacturing gears is easier than manufacturing a
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Essay about Knowledge Management
Knowledge is the product of the professional services organisations. It is the essential element that
allows the organisation to operate in its industry sector. The knowledge of the organisation is within
the human capital of the organisation, which are the workers. This paper will look firstly at current
literature on knowledge and professional services organisations, what this knowledge is how this
knowledge can be managed. Secondly the paper will review relevant theories and practices
associated with Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) and how these theories and
practises can assist in managing the organisation knowledge. Lastly the paper will attempt tie to
together knowledge, SHRM and how the use of SHRM can impact on the...show more content...
Tacit knowledge is also associated with elements such as feelings intuition and beliefs (Tithe). Tacit
knowledge is associated with an individual, explicit knowledge, on the other hand, is that knowledge
that be formulated, structured and made easily accessible (Razouk).
Knowing the types of knowledge can lead Knowledge Management (KM). KM is therefore
concerned with the collection, sharing, development and application of that knowledge (Edvarsen
2007). KM needs to be concerned with both types of knowledge encountered in the professional
services organisation that is both explicit and tacit (Thite 2004). Explicit knowledge can be collected
and managed via infrastructure and information technology solutions such as knowledge
management database solutions (Fawzy 2000, Edvarsen 2007), allowing the organisation to take
advantage of this accumulated knowledge. Tacit knowledge is associated with the individual and
due to its 'emotional' or personal nature, requires alternative techniques in order to transfer this
knowledge from the individual owner to another employee (Razouck, edvarsen 2007 ).
SHRM
But what SHRM practices can help in assisting the transfer of both explicit and tacit knowledge
between employees and the retention of this knowledge within the organisation? HRM can impact
knowledge within an organisation in many different ways such as motivational aspects, leadership
aspects and
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Knowledge: Systematic Organization of Facts
"Knowledge is nothing more than the systematic organisation of facts." Discuss this statement in
relation to two areas of knowledge. Merriam–Webster's dictionary suggest several meanings of the
word 'knowledge', including not only the learning of information but also awareness and
apprehension of it. And, although knowledge is, in fact, the set of facts, the concept lies far
beyond. If considering Bloom's taxonomy (1956)1, the first, lowest, stage defines person's ability
to recall the learned information (pattern, structure). However, further abilities presented are
defining the cases of understanding and being able to analyse the information from various
different points of view, that is being able not just to only blindly learn the information but also to
make use of it. In this essay I will cover the concepts of knowledge in two areas of knowledge,
history and natural sciences, focusing on the question of to what extent the nature of history and
science areas of knowledge depend on systematic organisation of facts? The essay aims to analyse
how each of the mentioned cases in the concepts of knowledge (knowledge as a systematic
organisation of facts or the understanding and awareness of the information) vary in their importance
when acquiring and processing the information and to answer what is more important: the quantity
or the quality of knowledge. First of all, it is essential to organise facts in a particular way in both
natural science and history and we cannot
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Reflection Paper On Knowledge
Knowledge is a term used by many, but understood by few. Some individuals consider knowledge as
gaining information and creating a strong understanding involving certain topics; however, others
may argue that being "knowledgeable" is something that is gained through having experienced the
joys and hardships of life. Before taking the Theory of Knowledge class, never had I taken the time
to evaluate and speculate past the stereotypical definitions; I did not have a clear understanding of
what knowledge signified. Conveniently, since the Theory of Knowledge class has begun, I now
understand that knowledge has never been something that has remained constant. Knowledge is
morphed and constructed through previous ideas and facts; as individuals, we continue to shape
knowledge to the best of our abilities. Not only is knowledge constantly being manipulated, but
also there are also multiple interpretations of knowledge. Some of the ways knowledge is
explained and can be acquired is through perception, logical reasoning, and authority. In order to
accurately analyze myself as a knower, I find it only fair to assess a few of the aspects of knowledge.
I believe that perception is absolute I believe that perception is not absolute; we are always
unknowingly using our senses to gain knowledge, and our knowledge is constantly changing
through our perception. An example of this can be seen through the time a cactus was
inconveniently in my path; I stumbled and my experience resulted in a
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Information And Dissemination Of Knowledge
"The key to business modernization in the 21st century is not just through the expenditure of huge
sums of money to create physical assets, but orienting people – the greatest asset – towards meeting
the opportunities and challenges of the future" (Kumar, 2004, p. 7). This quote by Ravi Arora (head
of knowledge management at Tata Steel), refers to the creation and dissemination ofknowledge
within the organisation. Knowledge is an important resource that has vastly become recognised as
one of the most important tools for companies to remain competitive (Ebary, 2002). Knowledge
refers to the information and skills acquired through experience (Ostro 1997). It can be split into two
categories, explicit and tacit knowledge. Explicit knowledge is information which can be captured,
documented and shared through technology (Huang 2014). Tacit knowledge resides within the
minds of individuals and evolves through interactions and experiences (Nonaka and Takeuchi 1995).
To remain at the forefront and maintain a competitive edge organisations must have the ability to
strategically retain, organise, and utilise their employee competencies (Gronhaug and Nordhaug
1992). This was the rationale which instigated the implementation of knowledge management (KM)
at Tata Steel. Knowledge management is the creation and management of an environment, which
encourages knowledge to be created, shared, learnt, enhanced, organised and utilized for the benefit
of the organisation (De Brun 2005).
KM
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Knowledge, awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation, is obtained in a
myriad of ways whether through media, family, peers, and/or one's personal experiences. There are
also different kinds of knowledge: personal and shared knowledge.
(Hetherington 1). Personal knowledge is knowledge that is created by a person's own knowledge
of a concept or situation; on the other hand, shared knowledge represents the knowledge that a
community of people know as a fact for them. The claim " We know with confidence only when we
know little; with knowledge doubt increases" is supported by natural scientific theories, education,
and personal experiences like personal relationships while the claim can be countered by examples
of the media bias and the 2017 presidential election. The knowledge issue is assessed using history,
natural science, and human science as ways of knowing; as well as, perception, limitations, and
uncertainties as knowledge concepts.
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In Natural Science, The Theory of Evolution is a network of theories that have formed the very
basis of biology today. Before Darwin, the first scientist to "confidently state his ideas about
biological change" (O'Neill 2) was Jean–Baptiste Chevalier de Lamarck. He believed that evolution
occurs when an organism uses a part of their body to the point where it changes during its lifetime
and the acquired characteristic is inherited by offspring. Even though his theory about evolution was
proven wrong by George
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Knowledge
Knowledge, as we all understand, can be general or specialized. We are able to gather knowledge
about certain aspects of reality, branches of science, skills, traits and phenomena observable in
nature. But there is another kind of "knowledge", which is the sum of every subcategoric, specific
knowledge. This knowledge is what we know about the "world" – how knowledgeable we are, how
well can we navigate the seas of reality because of our knowledge about its currents, flows and
hidden reefs.
However, general and specialized knowledge can be identified from another point of view.
"General" knowledge is knowledge for its own sake, la connaissance pour la connaissance. Think of
scientists and professors who have a vast, almost infinite knowledge about the the tightest niche of
their scientific area, and yet, they often can't make it very far and high in terms of prosperity,
respect, human self–fulfillment.
Knowledge, in itself, is nothing. It can even be a burden we are gathering tirelessly and than we
carry it through a lifetime, climbing obstacles, overcoming challenges, our knowledge barely
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It needs to be unleashed into a certain direction, to reach a certain goal we can work towards. In
this situation, it becomes fuel for our efforts instead of a burden. Knowledge wants to be used. It
is a tool, which if left unused, only rusts, but it makes us able to do tremendous amounts of work
in a given space of time, if wielded properly. Knowledge needs clear targets to deliver. Knowledge
needs to be organised. If we are consciously using our knowledge and we follow the whispers of our
instincts that guide us, highlighting the way we want to go, then we acquired real, useful, palpable,
effective specific
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Why Is Knowledge Important?
IntroductionWhile knowledge acquisition is important in our life, it is more important to discuss
the definition of knowledge. What is knowledge? Is there only one kind of knowledge or many
different types? When can somebody be set to have knowledge? Can you now know that this
printed page is in front of you or are you hallucinating? These questions need to be asked before
looking at the Justified True Belief (JTB) theory.
II. Types ofKnowledge There are three different types of knowledge: know–how, object and
propositional. Object knowledge is acquaintance about place, person or a thing. The know–how
knowledge deals with the ability to know something (how to ride a bike). The last type of
knowledge is the propositional knowledge, the type that we will be concentrating on in this paper. In
a propositional knowledge the entity of the verb is a proposition – which could either be true or
false. Propositional knowledge doesn't require having a direct connection with the object that the
proposition is about. For example, someone named A knows that the Himalayas Mountains are in
Asia. By definition, A can have the knowledge that Himalayas Mountains are located in Asia without
actually having to be there.
III. Belief and Truth Belief and truth are directly related to each other. Lets say A knows that x (x
being any knowledge) then in this case A must believe that x. Subsequently, if A knows that x, then x
must be true. Belief and truth are requirements for knowledge.
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Knowledge Sharing Essays
Knowledge sharing:
Knowledge sharing occurs when an individual is genuinely interested to have or to give knowledge
to someone then this process is successful and effective, if a person provided with wrong or vague
knowledge that's mean the knowledge sharing process is stuck over there.
Goh (2002) proposes that knowledge sharers should always share the full circumstances of a case,
not selected circumstances.
Bornemann and Sammer (2003) say:
Knowledge as a resource of value creation, allows for exceptional marginal rates of productivity.
This is due to the major attribute of knowledge: appreciating value with continuing use and sharing
of knowledge instead of depreciating value of tangible products or natural resources (p. 21)....show
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It usually occurs when first, employees quit a job without the transfer of their knowledge; second,
existing organizational knowledge is obsolete (because the company temporarily loses its
competitiveness); third, new creative products and services are rendered sub–standard by old
know–how or unprofitable products; fourth, knowledge is incompletely transferred (or selective
individual knowledge is shared and/or the sharing practices are only for some certain individuals);
and fifth, organizational knowledge is difficult to access. This has negative impact on organizational
performance such as the decreased level of productivity, the decay of customer satisfaction, unmet
delivery commitment, inappropriate managerial decision–making and mistaken strategic behavior
(Argote, 1999). This in turn would lead to disadvantage in organizational effectiveness and
competitiveness.
For better understanding of knowledge sharing it is necessary to have looked on Knowledge
Management as this term comes before knowledge sharing.
What is knowledge management?
Knowledge is the method of translating information and past experience into meaningful shape that
is understood and applied by an individual. And to manage the knowledge that is in the minds of an
employee and used it for the benefit of organization is called knowledge management.
A few listed definitions of knowledge management are: "the capability of a company to create new
knowledge,
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Knowledge And Knowledge Of Knowledge
In the Natural Sciences and Religion the gaining of knowledge involves networks of ways of
knowing which are often linked together in order to produce knowledge. However, the gaining
of knowledge can be centered on academic knowledge production for example, gaining
knowledge while working on an academic research otherwise through a process of discovery
where knowledge suddenly comes into people. In addition to this, a network can be defined as
connections between entities to create an integrated whole. Therefore the entities, being the ways
of knowing, result with the integrated whole being the knowledge. The ways of knowing are the
means by which we are provided with the essential information and understanding that permits us
to gain knowledge within an area of knowledge. Information can be gained while reading,
reasoning, observing and talking. Also, since ways of knowing interact with each other, each area
of knowledge uses a network of ways of knowing to gain knowledge. In this essay I will discuss,
how in order to gain knowledge there is the involvement of a network of ways of knowing. Also, I
will be analyzing this question through the perspective of two subject areas : Natural Sciences and
Religion.
The two areas of knowledge, Religion and the Natural Sciences use different methodologies in the
acquisition of knowledge. In the Natural Sciences the only acceptable approach in order to gain
knowledge within this area of knowledge is the scientific method. The
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Information Is Knowledge
Information is not knowledge, merely one of the raw materials needed to obtain it. Just as a pile of
bricks is not a house –even though bricks are the raw materials necessary to build it– a pile of data
is not a doctoral thesis, not even a newspaper article, although information is also the raw material
you need to write them.
Nobody in their right mind would mistake a house for a pile of bricks. However, this rather clumsy
equivalence between something necessary –but not sufficient– to obtain an end in itself is often
found in the public discourse on knowledge and information. This causes serious damage when
understanding and managing the processes for acquiring knowledgeand assessing the capacity for
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Because –for example– there is no point in having a high percentage of Internet connections if
people go online only to play games, look at naked women, or do their shopping... This doesn't mean
that it is not important to have a high number of technologically well–connected users; quite the
reverse: it allows a number of important things: e–mail, browsing web pages, important relationships
over the social networks; it stimulates commerce, offers significant opportunities for learning,
increases efficiency in official transactions, avoids travel... in addition to a long list of other
advantages that of course include and imply easy access to information –to vast quantities of
information. But none of the above is the same as having attained the knowledge society.
In a developed country like our own an important part of the population is already living in the
information society, as it is relatively easy for them to obtain this information –the data– or to know
where to get it (quite aside from the matter of the quality of that information; but for the sake of
simplicity, let us forget this aspect –which is nonetheless far from trivial). Now, just as very few
people know how to transform piles of bricks into houses, there are also very few people who know
how to transform information into useful knowledge.
So what do we need to be able to arrive at
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Knowledge Vs. Imagination
Theory of Knowledge End of Semester Assignment
Question 3: "imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we
now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be
to know and understand "(Albert Einstein) Do you agree?
In this essay, I aim to discuss the issue whether imagination is more important than knowledge. "For
knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire
world, and all there will ever be to know and understand" (Albert Einstein).
Imagination, also known as the faculty of imagining, is the act of forming new ideas or images and
concepts that are not present to our senses. Imagined images can only be seen in...show more
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Imagination though has it limits, it requires other areas of knowledge to confirm to reality, for
example, a writer might imagine creating a character for his next novel, however, he will have to
reason out whether the character will be an effective one in conveying his message, then he will
have to use language (communication) to inform the reader of the characters nature and thoughts as
well as convey his message, then he will have to use perception in trying to understand how his
work will be viewed by the targeted audience. For imagination to be effective, it cannot stand on its
own but rather requires the collaboration of the other ways of knowing.
Imagination plays an immense role in creating knowledge as knowledge also acts as a stem to
imagination. Due to its factual nature, knowledge can easily be shared. Knowledge can and has been
passed on through generations and this has helped gain a better understanding of our backgrounds
and roots through subjects like History. The sharing of knowledge amongst individual minds can
result into new innovations and discoveries as the knowledge is developed and reviewed by the
individual minds.... Knowledge also gives us explanation as to why certain things are the way they
are thus explains everything around us. These understandings of why things are the way they are
has helped us improve upon them as well as learn how to manage them. A good example could be
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Knowledge Is Power Essay
Did you know that the RATE of new information is DOUBLING every six months? Did you know
that MOST of what you learn today will be OBSOLETE in two years? Human brains are boggled by
the deluge. So are file cabinets, magnetic tapes, research papers and encyclopaedias – all bursting
with billions of bits and pieces of information, none all–inclusive, none the first and last words on
anything?"
Knowledge Is Power. Epistemology is the study of theories of knowledge. By 2000 there were
189,000 Internet hosts worldwide. Now just 10 years later, there are more than 43 million.
With 1.2 billion people under 15, it can be said that the world belongs to young people. But for
the millions of youth in slums, the present as well as the future is grim. They die before they are
five years old from pollution and easily preventable diseases. 700 million people don't even know
what their rights are. They do not know if they have any rights at all! They do not even know if
they have a right to live at all !
I fail to understand the exact meaning of perfection. I know for sure that in the pursuit of perfection
we can attain excellence!
It is a basic feature of human life that while information is easy, knowledge is difficult. There has
never been a shortage of mere data and opinion in human life. It's a very old observation that the
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In exams we try hard to find out what you know and not what you do not! I've always been
passionate about living a life of excellence. Setting goals, overcoming challenges, getting results,
celebrating the victories – these make living so rich and worthwhile. The quality of your life is
determined by the quality of your thoughts. If you think life sucks, life will indeed suck. On the
other hand, if you are set to live your best life, the paths will open up in front of you. Maybe it's all
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Essay Knowledge

  • 1. Essay Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge can be interpreted in many different ways. Some may see knowledge as learned education. Others may see education as intelligence. None of these perspectives of knowledge are right or wrong. Every person is entitled to their own definition, source, and use of knowledge in their lives. I view knowledge as the wisdom and insight that one may acquire over time, by personal experiences and influences in life. Most of the basic knowledge acquired by people starting at a young age is in school. As young children, we learn elementary facts such as our numbers and the alphabet. The older we become, the more facts we are taught, and the more complex these facts become. The knowledge one may learn in school is what I...show more content... The television shows we watch and the music that we listen to are huge daily influences on our lives. They help shape the way we think, what we know, and what we feel. We follow the trends that television tells us are "in" and say the things that everyone says. We tend to try to model ourselves after the people on the big screen. The enormous impact that the media and entertainment industry has on the public grows daily with increasing technology. The internet is one of the newer sources of both education and entertainment. It is also fairly harmful. Many things that are banned from television and movies are easily accessible on the World Wide Web, to everyone, including children. The relationships that we have with people, whether it is co–workers, family, or friends, directly influence us with every interaction. In the workplace, the people that one may work with affect our work habits. If a person works in a busy, fast–paced office, he will be used to that type of lifestyle. But if that same person were to move to a slow–paced, lazy office, he would feel unproductive and lazy. At home, the people that we live with, our family, are our first teachers. Home is where we learn the morals and values that we, as adults, pass on to our children. Our manners and etiquette that are learned at home are what we bring into the outside world and portray to others. The knowledge and insight that we acquire from our Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 2. The Importance of Knowledge "That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow." Knowledge is regarded by many as the ultimate truth and is constantly sought after in all forms. Knowledge, however, does not remain constant and is always changing as people come to learn new and different things about the knowledge and attempt to make sense of it. These many differing theories and interpretations are what cause confusion and differences in a person's beliefs and therefore knowledge. This is why it is important to understand how one comes to learn or interpret knowledge as it may affect future knowledge in a certain field such as history or the natural sciences. In order to understand this, it is necessary for one to learn how a person comes to understand knowledge regarding history and the natural sciences by using language and emotion. History play a major role in a person's life as it shapes their current actions which then in turn shapes their feelings. This is usually the case around the world as well. These feelings and actions, however, are not always the same and have rarely, if ever, been so. This may in a small part be due to the predisposition one has since birth, however, the large scale cause for these different feelings and opinions in regards to history usually stem from what we learn through a text book, family and friends, a teacher, or even through pure observation. Although there don't seem to be too many mediums through which history is conveyed, a wide Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. The Knowledge Of Knowledge And Knowledge Essay What is knowledge? Some would say that it is simply "to know," but it is much deeper than that. The philosophers of knowledge have developed arguments about the different terms used to explain the term "knowledge." As apparent with philosophers, each philosopher has his or her thought about the idea of knowledge where they either agree with some of their fellow philosophers, or criticize their ideas. The knowledge of knowing how and knowing that are different from each other, although they show some relation (Fantl, 2008). Philosopher Gilbert Ryle is given credits for his work of providing a distinction between the knowledge of knowing how and knowing that. Some people believe that there is no distinction between the knowledge of knowing how and knowing– that. The knowledge of knowing how and knowing that has brought confusion among people who try to understand the various forms of knowledge and the idea of knowledge itself. The problem that is in question is to provide an analysis of the distinction between knowing– how and knowing that. The paper is going to give an argument on the distinction that exists between the knowledge of knowing how and knowing that. The question is a problem as many people get stuck in realizing whether the two types of knowledge have a difference. Because of this, many philosophers have got into the discussion on the issue of knowledge. Some of them have been criticizing Gilbert Ryle's argument that a huge difference does exist between the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. What is Knowledge? Essay Where does knowledge begin? The creation and acquisition of knowledge is a difficult and complex topic to grasp. Is it an innate process we are born with or an ability that is learned and acquired through experience? My opinion of knowledge has varied tremendously through out years of exposure from an uneducated regurgitation of subject matter discussed in a room of four white walls and pretentious brats to an understanding of nontraditional, analytic insight gained from a vast exposure to dissimilar cultures and strong models. Throughout our life stages, many things become clear and broadened with maturity and the tenacity to conquer that unfamiliarity through risk taking. These experiences and other relationships have ...show more content... Information like that described by Lilia, ."..there was a pattern where they put me in those really basic classes for five years. I guess there was a pattern where they put me in those really basic classes and then decided I would go through my elementary school years in those classes. I didn't learn to read or write" (19). Lilia's language and culture barrier were never addressed by the administration but through her desire to learn. Like that of Lilia, bell also held a reverence about her background and its short comings, "No wonder our working class parents from poor backgrounds feared our entry into such a world, intuiting perhaps that we might learn to be ashamed of where we had come from, that we might never return home, or come back only to lord it over them" (24). It was clear throughout the journey that even with advanced education; a student is deprived of their cultural knowledge. There is mention of her feelings of frustration to express insight about the contorted beliefs. However, her feelings lay dormant throughout her time at Stanford. It is those suppressed feelings that guided her achievements. Lilia's experience of perseverance gained through hardships and doubt, has led me to feel more inspired to believe in my actions and to be more tenacious in achieving my goals. Coming from a single–parent home, I have overcome many obstacles and statistics. The rigidity that the military brought onto me had given me feelings of desperation Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 5. Essay on Definition of Knowledge Definition of Knowledge Truth is the essence of all knowledge. Our Knowledge is justified true belief. Everyday people hear and experience things and then choose whether or not to believe them. It is the justification of the knowledge that we acquire that makes something believable to a person or not. The justification for our knowledge allows us to decide whether to believe something is true or not. People tend to use things like scientific evidence, first hand experiences, word of mouth, logic, faith and many other things everyday of their life to determine whether something is truthful or not. Before continuing, it is important that it is stated that nothing should be taken for truth...show more content... Rather than trusting the opinion of another you can go out into the world and prove something for yourself. A first hand account is often the best proof of anyting. Science is a form of empirialism. It is the search of truth based on experience. Scientists aspire to prove theories based on other truths that have already been proven. The truths of science should be agreed upon by any thinkers in the universe that observe the same regular phenomena. This is because scientific knowledge must be based on solid evidence. Scientists seek to prove a hypothesis through the experience of experiments and observation. The goal of science is to discover patterns in nature, and has a very effective way of acquiring knowledge from observations of those patterns. Facts acquired from scientific experiments seem to be very strong evidence of truth. But these facts are only useful in a small branch of knowledge. Faith is a common way of knowing for people all around the world. It is not unnatural for people to believe that there is a superior being or that death is not the end. There is no way to prove that this is true or not true, yet the idea seems to be enough for most people to believe it. Faith is belief without doubt based on revelation, faith based on experience is not faith. So, without any experience or Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 6. What Do We Know About Knowledge? What do we all know about knowledge? Does it defines how smart an individual is or will it tell us what an individual are skillful in? Knowledges are the facts, information, and skills an individual obtain through experiences and/or education over time. Then, how do we determine it; what tools or standards are being used to know if someone is knowledgeable or not? When we are in school, teachers will use letters and numbers to grade us, but what does that mean? If you get a low grade on a test or assignment does it mean that you are not smart enough? There many be people during your school age that are 'A' students, but does that mean they are smarter than you or it just that they know how to study what the teacher assigned to them? In a classroom, students are ranked by grades and that determine what the teacher think the student 'know' and how well they will do in the future. For many years, grades were my priority. It was everything for me and maybe it is still that way. I was one of those students that finish all assignments on time and gets good grades on assessments, but does that make us a smart person? Does that mean all the people that doesn't get 'A's' are dumb? In this paper we will discuss how grades are important, but it doesn't mean everything; there are many other ways to determine an individual's knowledge such as their experience. Since we were young, adults were telling us how people are ranked in the society. Grades were the key factor that determine Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 7. The True Knowledge Of Knowledge True Knowledge What really is true knowledge? Can anyone really be sure if anything they know is really true? These types of questions are at the heart of every philosophical debate. They have generated countless theories and for centuries philosophers have questioned whether knowledge exists and if we know anything at all. It 's a topic that goes as far back as 400 BC. So what is Knowledge? Knowledge is actually defined by the dictionary as, "general awareness or possession of information, facts, ideas, truths, or principles." Now we all know that philosophers define knowledge as justified true beliefs, as a working model. But because knowledge is so challenging to define and come to an agreement on, there have been certain philosophers that stand out over the course of history. Some which believe in true knowledge such as Plato, Rene Descartes, Pythagorean, and Kant. As well as the one which did not believe; Hume, the ideas of skepticism as well as realism. In this paper we shall explore the idea of true knowledge, and find out if it really exists by looking at some of the philosophers, and ideas that they had. With this all being said, it leads us up to one very important question, and that is, how is knowledge even acquired? With all this talk about what knowledge is we must now define how one comes to acquire knowledge. There are many different ways in which knowledge can be acquired, one way depending on its source is a posterior, where knowledge is possible Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 8. Knowledge Is Knowledge Essay I am disagreeing with this statement; the knowledge, which we acquired easily, is also valuable. It is difficult to define knowledge as every person has different views of knowledge. For me knowledge is skill, fact and information, which we obtain from experiences or understanding. Having knowledge is extremely essential in practical and personal life, it is important in the sense of everyday. Only attempt and interest can help us to get enough knowledge, but only working hard and gaining knowledge can only help us sometimes. Knowledge always depends on people's perception about it. We can change our travelling plans according to the weather, if someone is good at maths, they can become math teacher. Knowledge is valuable in practical life, to make...show more content... If somebody want to go to India, it is valuable for him or her to know how to get there. If we are hungry and want to eat then it is valuable to learn what is good to eat, if we are searching for happiness then it is important to know what kind of things leads to happiness, hence everything that happened to us is valuable. The people who wants to know and what they are prepared to pay for it determine the value of knowledge. Certain knowledge is valuable to certain people to prove it; they remake the same mistakes over again, maybe because learning from our own mistakes is so difficult since we have to put a lot of exertion into it. Do we only value knowledge if it has produced with difficulties? My answer is NO– any bit of knowledge, even though it produced without any trouble is equally important. Knowledge is valuable if it is useful; however useful is a future condition, which is unconnected to how we get the knowledge. Moreover, lessons learned through hardship seem more important and it can be recall more easily. For example, manufacturing gears is easier than manufacturing a Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 9. Essay about Knowledge Management Knowledge is the product of the professional services organisations. It is the essential element that allows the organisation to operate in its industry sector. The knowledge of the organisation is within the human capital of the organisation, which are the workers. This paper will look firstly at current literature on knowledge and professional services organisations, what this knowledge is how this knowledge can be managed. Secondly the paper will review relevant theories and practices associated with Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) and how these theories and practises can assist in managing the organisation knowledge. Lastly the paper will attempt tie to together knowledge, SHRM and how the use of SHRM can impact on the...show more content... Tacit knowledge is also associated with elements such as feelings intuition and beliefs (Tithe). Tacit knowledge is associated with an individual, explicit knowledge, on the other hand, is that knowledge that be formulated, structured and made easily accessible (Razouk). Knowing the types of knowledge can lead Knowledge Management (KM). KM is therefore concerned with the collection, sharing, development and application of that knowledge (Edvarsen 2007). KM needs to be concerned with both types of knowledge encountered in the professional services organisation that is both explicit and tacit (Thite 2004). Explicit knowledge can be collected and managed via infrastructure and information technology solutions such as knowledge management database solutions (Fawzy 2000, Edvarsen 2007), allowing the organisation to take advantage of this accumulated knowledge. Tacit knowledge is associated with the individual and due to its 'emotional' or personal nature, requires alternative techniques in order to transfer this knowledge from the individual owner to another employee (Razouck, edvarsen 2007 ). SHRM But what SHRM practices can help in assisting the transfer of both explicit and tacit knowledge between employees and the retention of this knowledge within the organisation? HRM can impact knowledge within an organisation in many different ways such as motivational aspects, leadership aspects and Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 10. Knowledge: Systematic Organization of Facts "Knowledge is nothing more than the systematic organisation of facts." Discuss this statement in relation to two areas of knowledge. Merriam–Webster's dictionary suggest several meanings of the word 'knowledge', including not only the learning of information but also awareness and apprehension of it. And, although knowledge is, in fact, the set of facts, the concept lies far beyond. If considering Bloom's taxonomy (1956)1, the first, lowest, stage defines person's ability to recall the learned information (pattern, structure). However, further abilities presented are defining the cases of understanding and being able to analyse the information from various different points of view, that is being able not just to only blindly learn the information but also to make use of it. In this essay I will cover the concepts of knowledge in two areas of knowledge, history and natural sciences, focusing on the question of to what extent the nature of history and science areas of knowledge depend on systematic organisation of facts? The essay aims to analyse how each of the mentioned cases in the concepts of knowledge (knowledge as a systematic organisation of facts or the understanding and awareness of the information) vary in their importance when acquiring and processing the information and to answer what is more important: the quantity or the quality of knowledge. First of all, it is essential to organise facts in a particular way in both natural science and history and we cannot Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 11. Reflection Paper On Knowledge Knowledge is a term used by many, but understood by few. Some individuals consider knowledge as gaining information and creating a strong understanding involving certain topics; however, others may argue that being "knowledgeable" is something that is gained through having experienced the joys and hardships of life. Before taking the Theory of Knowledge class, never had I taken the time to evaluate and speculate past the stereotypical definitions; I did not have a clear understanding of what knowledge signified. Conveniently, since the Theory of Knowledge class has begun, I now understand that knowledge has never been something that has remained constant. Knowledge is morphed and constructed through previous ideas and facts; as individuals, we continue to shape knowledge to the best of our abilities. Not only is knowledge constantly being manipulated, but also there are also multiple interpretations of knowledge. Some of the ways knowledge is explained and can be acquired is through perception, logical reasoning, and authority. In order to accurately analyze myself as a knower, I find it only fair to assess a few of the aspects of knowledge. I believe that perception is absolute I believe that perception is not absolute; we are always unknowingly using our senses to gain knowledge, and our knowledge is constantly changing through our perception. An example of this can be seen through the time a cactus was inconveniently in my path; I stumbled and my experience resulted in a Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 12. Information And Dissemination Of Knowledge "The key to business modernization in the 21st century is not just through the expenditure of huge sums of money to create physical assets, but orienting people – the greatest asset – towards meeting the opportunities and challenges of the future" (Kumar, 2004, p. 7). This quote by Ravi Arora (head of knowledge management at Tata Steel), refers to the creation and dissemination ofknowledge within the organisation. Knowledge is an important resource that has vastly become recognised as one of the most important tools for companies to remain competitive (Ebary, 2002). Knowledge refers to the information and skills acquired through experience (Ostro 1997). It can be split into two categories, explicit and tacit knowledge. Explicit knowledge is information which can be captured, documented and shared through technology (Huang 2014). Tacit knowledge resides within the minds of individuals and evolves through interactions and experiences (Nonaka and Takeuchi 1995). To remain at the forefront and maintain a competitive edge organisations must have the ability to strategically retain, organise, and utilise their employee competencies (Gronhaug and Nordhaug 1992). This was the rationale which instigated the implementation of knowledge management (KM) at Tata Steel. Knowledge management is the creation and management of an environment, which encourages knowledge to be created, shared, learnt, enhanced, organised and utilized for the benefit of the organisation (De Brun 2005). KM Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 13. Knowledge, awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation, is obtained in a myriad of ways whether through media, family, peers, and/or one's personal experiences. There are also different kinds of knowledge: personal and shared knowledge. (Hetherington 1). Personal knowledge is knowledge that is created by a person's own knowledge of a concept or situation; on the other hand, shared knowledge represents the knowledge that a community of people know as a fact for them. The claim " We know with confidence only when we know little; with knowledge doubt increases" is supported by natural scientific theories, education, and personal experiences like personal relationships while the claim can be countered by examples of the media bias and the 2017 presidential election. The knowledge issue is assessed using history, natural science, and human science as ways of knowing; as well as, perception, limitations, and uncertainties as knowledge concepts. 1 In Natural Science, The Theory of Evolution is a network of theories that have formed the very basis of biology today. Before Darwin, the first scientist to "confidently state his ideas about biological change" (O'Neill 2) was Jean–Baptiste Chevalier de Lamarck. He believed that evolution occurs when an organism uses a part of their body to the point where it changes during its lifetime and the acquired characteristic is inherited by offspring. Even though his theory about evolution was proven wrong by George Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 14. Advantages And Disadvantages Of Knowledge Knowledge, as we all understand, can be general or specialized. We are able to gather knowledge about certain aspects of reality, branches of science, skills, traits and phenomena observable in nature. But there is another kind of "knowledge", which is the sum of every subcategoric, specific knowledge. This knowledge is what we know about the "world" – how knowledgeable we are, how well can we navigate the seas of reality because of our knowledge about its currents, flows and hidden reefs. However, general and specialized knowledge can be identified from another point of view. "General" knowledge is knowledge for its own sake, la connaissance pour la connaissance. Think of scientists and professors who have a vast, almost infinite knowledge about the the tightest niche of their scientific area, and yet, they often can't make it very far and high in terms of prosperity, respect, human self–fulfillment. Knowledge, in itself, is nothing. It can even be a burden we are gathering tirelessly and than we carry it through a lifetime, climbing obstacles, overcoming challenges, our knowledge barely helping, and sometimes pulling us back instead....show more content... It needs to be unleashed into a certain direction, to reach a certain goal we can work towards. In this situation, it becomes fuel for our efforts instead of a burden. Knowledge wants to be used. It is a tool, which if left unused, only rusts, but it makes us able to do tremendous amounts of work in a given space of time, if wielded properly. Knowledge needs clear targets to deliver. Knowledge needs to be organised. If we are consciously using our knowledge and we follow the whispers of our instincts that guide us, highlighting the way we want to go, then we acquired real, useful, palpable, effective specific Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 15. Why Is Knowledge Important? IntroductionWhile knowledge acquisition is important in our life, it is more important to discuss the definition of knowledge. What is knowledge? Is there only one kind of knowledge or many different types? When can somebody be set to have knowledge? Can you now know that this printed page is in front of you or are you hallucinating? These questions need to be asked before looking at the Justified True Belief (JTB) theory. II. Types ofKnowledge There are three different types of knowledge: know–how, object and propositional. Object knowledge is acquaintance about place, person or a thing. The know–how knowledge deals with the ability to know something (how to ride a bike). The last type of knowledge is the propositional knowledge, the type that we will be concentrating on in this paper. In a propositional knowledge the entity of the verb is a proposition – which could either be true or false. Propositional knowledge doesn't require having a direct connection with the object that the proposition is about. For example, someone named A knows that the Himalayas Mountains are in Asia. By definition, A can have the knowledge that Himalayas Mountains are located in Asia without actually having to be there. III. Belief and Truth Belief and truth are directly related to each other. Lets say A knows that x (x being any knowledge) then in this case A must believe that x. Subsequently, if A knows that x, then x must be true. Belief and truth are requirements for knowledge. Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 16. Knowledge Sharing Essays Knowledge sharing: Knowledge sharing occurs when an individual is genuinely interested to have or to give knowledge to someone then this process is successful and effective, if a person provided with wrong or vague knowledge that's mean the knowledge sharing process is stuck over there. Goh (2002) proposes that knowledge sharers should always share the full circumstances of a case, not selected circumstances. Bornemann and Sammer (2003) say: Knowledge as a resource of value creation, allows for exceptional marginal rates of productivity. This is due to the major attribute of knowledge: appreciating value with continuing use and sharing of knowledge instead of depreciating value of tangible products or natural resources (p. 21)....show more content... It usually occurs when first, employees quit a job without the transfer of their knowledge; second, existing organizational knowledge is obsolete (because the company temporarily loses its competitiveness); third, new creative products and services are rendered sub–standard by old know–how or unprofitable products; fourth, knowledge is incompletely transferred (or selective individual knowledge is shared and/or the sharing practices are only for some certain individuals); and fifth, organizational knowledge is difficult to access. This has negative impact on organizational performance such as the decreased level of productivity, the decay of customer satisfaction, unmet delivery commitment, inappropriate managerial decision–making and mistaken strategic behavior (Argote, 1999). This in turn would lead to disadvantage in organizational effectiveness and competitiveness. For better understanding of knowledge sharing it is necessary to have looked on Knowledge Management as this term comes before knowledge sharing. What is knowledge management? Knowledge is the method of translating information and past experience into meaningful shape that is understood and applied by an individual. And to manage the knowledge that is in the minds of an employee and used it for the benefit of organization is called knowledge management. A few listed definitions of knowledge management are: "the capability of a company to create new knowledge, Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 17. Knowledge And Knowledge Of Knowledge In the Natural Sciences and Religion the gaining of knowledge involves networks of ways of knowing which are often linked together in order to produce knowledge. However, the gaining of knowledge can be centered on academic knowledge production for example, gaining knowledge while working on an academic research otherwise through a process of discovery where knowledge suddenly comes into people. In addition to this, a network can be defined as connections between entities to create an integrated whole. Therefore the entities, being the ways of knowing, result with the integrated whole being the knowledge. The ways of knowing are the means by which we are provided with the essential information and understanding that permits us to gain knowledge within an area of knowledge. Information can be gained while reading, reasoning, observing and talking. Also, since ways of knowing interact with each other, each area of knowledge uses a network of ways of knowing to gain knowledge. In this essay I will discuss, how in order to gain knowledge there is the involvement of a network of ways of knowing. Also, I will be analyzing this question through the perspective of two subject areas : Natural Sciences and Religion. The two areas of knowledge, Religion and the Natural Sciences use different methodologies in the acquisition of knowledge. In the Natural Sciences the only acceptable approach in order to gain knowledge within this area of knowledge is the scientific method. The Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 18. Information Is Knowledge Information is not knowledge, merely one of the raw materials needed to obtain it. Just as a pile of bricks is not a house –even though bricks are the raw materials necessary to build it– a pile of data is not a doctoral thesis, not even a newspaper article, although information is also the raw material you need to write them. Nobody in their right mind would mistake a house for a pile of bricks. However, this rather clumsy equivalence between something necessary –but not sufficient– to obtain an end in itself is often found in the public discourse on knowledge and information. This causes serious damage when understanding and managing the processes for acquiring knowledgeand assessing the capacity for action and communication between...show more content... Because –for example– there is no point in having a high percentage of Internet connections if people go online only to play games, look at naked women, or do their shopping... This doesn't mean that it is not important to have a high number of technologically well–connected users; quite the reverse: it allows a number of important things: e–mail, browsing web pages, important relationships over the social networks; it stimulates commerce, offers significant opportunities for learning, increases efficiency in official transactions, avoids travel... in addition to a long list of other advantages that of course include and imply easy access to information –to vast quantities of information. But none of the above is the same as having attained the knowledge society. In a developed country like our own an important part of the population is already living in the information society, as it is relatively easy for them to obtain this information –the data– or to know where to get it (quite aside from the matter of the quality of that information; but for the sake of simplicity, let us forget this aspect –which is nonetheless far from trivial). Now, just as very few people know how to transform piles of bricks into houses, there are also very few people who know how to transform information into useful knowledge. So what do we need to be able to arrive at Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 19. Knowledge Vs. Imagination Theory of Knowledge End of Semester Assignment Question 3: "imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand "(Albert Einstein) Do you agree? In this essay, I aim to discuss the issue whether imagination is more important than knowledge. "For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand" (Albert Einstein). Imagination, also known as the faculty of imagining, is the act of forming new ideas or images and concepts that are not present to our senses. Imagined images can only be seen in...show more content... Imagination though has it limits, it requires other areas of knowledge to confirm to reality, for example, a writer might imagine creating a character for his next novel, however, he will have to reason out whether the character will be an effective one in conveying his message, then he will have to use language (communication) to inform the reader of the characters nature and thoughts as well as convey his message, then he will have to use perception in trying to understand how his work will be viewed by the targeted audience. For imagination to be effective, it cannot stand on its own but rather requires the collaboration of the other ways of knowing. Imagination plays an immense role in creating knowledge as knowledge also acts as a stem to imagination. Due to its factual nature, knowledge can easily be shared. Knowledge can and has been passed on through generations and this has helped gain a better understanding of our backgrounds and roots through subjects like History. The sharing of knowledge amongst individual minds can result into new innovations and discoveries as the knowledge is developed and reviewed by the individual minds.... Knowledge also gives us explanation as to why certain things are the way they are thus explains everything around us. These understandings of why things are the way they are has helped us improve upon them as well as learn how to manage them. A good example could be Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 20. Knowledge Is Power Essay Did you know that the RATE of new information is DOUBLING every six months? Did you know that MOST of what you learn today will be OBSOLETE in two years? Human brains are boggled by the deluge. So are file cabinets, magnetic tapes, research papers and encyclopaedias – all bursting with billions of bits and pieces of information, none all–inclusive, none the first and last words on anything?" Knowledge Is Power. Epistemology is the study of theories of knowledge. By 2000 there were 189,000 Internet hosts worldwide. Now just 10 years later, there are more than 43 million. With 1.2 billion people under 15, it can be said that the world belongs to young people. But for the millions of youth in slums, the present as well as the future is grim. They die before they are five years old from pollution and easily preventable diseases. 700 million people don't even know what their rights are. They do not know if they have any rights at all! They do not even know if they have a right to live at all ! I fail to understand the exact meaning of perfection. I know for sure that in the pursuit of perfection we can attain excellence! It is a basic feature of human life that while information is easy, knowledge is difficult. There has never been a shortage of mere data and opinion in human life. It's a very old observation that the ...show more content... In exams we try hard to find out what you know and not what you do not! I've always been passionate about living a life of excellence. Setting goals, overcoming challenges, getting results, celebrating the victories – these make living so rich and worthwhile. The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. If you think life sucks, life will indeed suck. On the other hand, if you are set to live your best life, the paths will open up in front of you. Maybe it's all the 'good triumphing over evil'. No one can stop you if you have the right Get more content on HelpWriting.net