As libraries become increasingly based on digital storage and access technologies, knowledge management approaches seem particularly useful. Most knowledge management systems emphasize the role of information and communications technologies, and the question arises about the role of librarians in these systems. This paper posits that if globally digital libraries are to realize their potential ...

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IT Outsourcing (ITO) relationship management has long been a challenging issue. Past research has been devoted to four main mechanisms, namely contract management, partnership management, organizational control and boundary spanning. Whereas the first three mechanisms have attracted much attention, the study on boundary spanning remains scant, adopting only the client perspective and overlookin...

Title of Document: TIME MANAGEMENT & INTRAOCCUPATIONAL BOUNDARY-WORK BETWEEN EMERGENCY ROOM REGISTERED NURSES Vanessa Lopes Muñoz, Master of Arts, 2008 Directed By: Professor, Annette Lareau, Sociology Occupational boundary studies have addressed divisions among workers by examining the process of creating occupational groups and assigning certain attributes to these groups (boundary work). The...

Natural disturbances are critical to wilderness management. This paper reviews recent research on natural disturbance and addresses the problem of managing for disturbances in a world of human-imposed scales and boundaries. The dominant scale issue in disturbance management is the question of patch dynamic equilibrium. The dominant boundary issue in disturbance management is the effect of bound...

Discussion of boundaries in therapeutic work most often focuses on boundary maintenance, risk management factors, and boundary violations. The psychodynamic meaning and clinical management of boundaries in therapeutic relationships remains a neglected area of discourse. Clinical vignettes will illustrate a psychodynamic, developmental-relational perspective using boundary dilemmas to deepen and...

interests include understanding collaboration practices on multi-party systems development projects, knowledge management in IT service delivery organizations, IT outsourcing strategy and implementation, and technology design principles in heterogeneous environments. Her research interests concern the construction of intra-organizational boundaries with practices of IS and the transformation of...