This study examined the prevalence of senior centres providing multi-component falls prevention education and the perceived barriers in implementing this education. A telephone interview was conducted in 2006 with 500 senior centres nationwide. Centre directors were asked about the types of multi-component falls prevention education offered (ie, balance exercise classes, medication management, ...

The terms knowledge and knowledge management have been “the hype” for quite some time now. The simple (and much used) argument that knowledge management is “the step after” information management leads to certain delusions. If we expect otherwise, then it may not be long before someone coins the term “wisdom management” and this becomes the focal point of future research and development. On the...

nowadays, knowledge sharing as one of the components of knowledge management process, has a significant role in organization success. knowledge causes organizations to be able to acquire knowledge faster and more effective than before, and also apply it which therefore cause them to create competitive advantage. this research is an attempt to investigate the effects of knowledge sharing on inno...

The article is a report of an investigation of the current state of knowledge management implementation in three South African financial organisations. Two data collection methods were used, namely a questionnaire and face-to-face interviews with senior representatives of the organisations. Although some of the respondents felt that knowledge management is another fad, the majority of the respo...

This paper systematically examines the role of extra-firm personal knowledge networks vis-à-vis alternative sources of work-related knowledge. A guiding question is whether there is a difference between job positions. The study is based on a survey and interviews with 105 R&D workers in 46 IT companies in the Greater Cambridge Region. The results show that alternative sources of knowledge are c...

customer relationship management (crm) and knowledge management (km) have become especial and strategic keys in the current competitive environment for all companies.  the critical role of km as the main determinant of the success of crm has been the focal point of the previous researches; the present paper aimed at studying the impact of different km factors- such as customer knowledge (ck), s...

Introduction: In today's world, having principle and targeted management is one of the progress and development factors of any organization. Effective use of time for each manager is the most important base for managing current affairs and controlling daily activities. The present study aimed to investigate and analyze the relationship between factors affecting time management ...

This paper investigated how senior management is motivated to commit to information system (IS) security. Research shows senior management participation is critical to successful IS security, but has not explained how senior managers are motivated to participate in IS security. Information systems research shows pressures external to the organization have greater influence on senior managers th...

knowledge management strategy is mentioned as one of the most important success factors for implementing knowledge management. the km strategy selection is a complex decision that requires consideration of several factors. for evaluation and selection of an appropriate knowledge management strategy in organizations, many factors must be considered. the identified factors and their impact on kno...

the present research is conducted to show that organizations can use wiki to attract customers' purchase intention inside the e-commerce context. considering the relation between wiki and ecommerce for crm, this research tries to explore the characteristics such as perceived risk, customer experience, knowledge sharing culture, trust and knowledge sharing in wiki tool impact on purchase in...