There are probably as many variations of knowledge management definitions as there are practitioners and researchers in the discipline. Complete consensus in such a group would be a surprising finding. This is because the two words are loaded with pre-existing meanings that do not always sit comfortably in juxtaposition, so what it means to “manage knowledge” is difficult to ascertain, and henc...

Typesetting note: We have used Greek symbols in the text but we have found these sometimes do not appear if the document is opened on a computer loaded with different fonts. The symbols are Δ (upper case delta) and ε (epsilon). These symbols appear on p.3, paragraph 4, line 2 (below equation 1): " where a i is the activation of the sending unit and a j is the activation of the receiving unit, w...

Emotional language of human individuals has been studied for quite a while dealing with opinions and value judgments people have and share with others. In our work, we take a different stance and investigate whether large organizations, such as major industrial players, have and communicate emotions, as well. Such an anthropomorphic perspective has recently been advocated in management and orga...

(1) a. Mary painted the shed green. b. The blacksmith hammered the metal flat. c. They knocked him out. d. The boy broke the glass to pieces. (2) a. *The boy broke the glass to tears. b. *John gave Mary flowers happy. c. *The hunter shot at the tiger dead. (cf. √The hunter shot the tiger dead.) d. *John loaded hay into the wagon full. (Williams 1980: 204) (cf. √John loaded the wagon full with h...

Vibrotactile (vibratory tactile) displays have been reported as effective in enhancing awareness of flight attitude for pilots and releasing other heavily loaded sensory channels. Although some work has been done on vibrotactile coding of flight attitude, there is lack of a systematic investigation into coding methods with combination of multiple coding parameters. In this paper, seven coding m...

In recent decades, our attention is drawn to human-induced environmental changes and their potential threat to life on Earth through a growing number of mutagens and their effects on the biota. Genetic damage caused by these factors often have a durable effect that is manifested in later generations. The establishment of induced genetic damage in plants, animals and men is one of the most impor...

Alan Auerbach has given us a valuable paper loaded with new empirical research on the macroeconomics of fiscal policy. I agree with his basic conclusion that there is “little evidence that (the effects of discretionary fiscal policy) have provided a significant contribution to economic stabilization, if, in fact, they have worked in the right direction at all.” I, therefore, concur with his sup...

Car Logistics: The motivating case study is inspired by the operation of the sea port of Bremen, Germany. The port receives ships loaded with cars and has to organize their delivery. The operation of the system involves numerous entities (Ships, Cars, Gates, Landing Manager, Unloading Managers, Terminals, Treatment Areas, Delivery Managers, Delivery Gates, Trucks...), each responsible of specif...

We present a case study that exemplifies an extension of AWARE, a goal oriented requirement elicitation technique, for a collaborative document management system. The case concerns a multinational fast growing Management Consulting company. The system serves both marketing activities and actual work of the variegated consultant community. The system is loaded at “Zero-cost” by the consultants w...