Separated by a common language: How<i>Breitbart</i>and<i>The New York Times</i>produce different meanings from common words

Impediments to Systems Thinking: Communities Separated by a Common Language

Systems-thinking requires participants to view problems, and their solutions, within the context of the overall system. When this involves participants from diverse professional communities, several barriers to effective communication can arise. As in all human communities, shorthand representations, such as specialized jargon, that aid in efficient and precise communications have developed. Th...

Common Transitions and Their Meanings

Common Language Runtime: a new virtual machine

Virtual Machines provide a runtime execution platform combining bytecode portability with a performance close to native code. An overview of current approaches precedes an insight into Microsoft CLR (Common Language Runtime), comparing it to Sun JVM (Java Virtual Machine) and to a native execution environment (IA 32). A reference is also made to CLR in a Unix platform and to techniques on how C...

Separated by a common language: awareness of term usage differences between languages and disciplines in biopreparedness.

Preparedness for bioterrorism is based on communication between people in organizations who are educated and trained in several disciplines, including law enforcement, health, and science. Various backgrounds, cultures, and vocabularies generate difficulties in understanding and interpretating terms and concepts, which may impair communication. This is especially true in emergency situations, i...

Cousins Separated by a Common Language: Perceptions of Information Technology Risk

The authors employ a seeded, ranking type Delphi to answer the following research question: how do each of the major stakeholder groups within organizations (representing both strategic and operational levels) conceptualize the risks associated with IT in operations? Using three expert panels drawn from Big 4 IT audit groups and Fortune 1000 business/IT managers, we identify the IT risks most s...