Working Knowledge Using IT

Working knowledge is generally accumulated from information obtained from data analyses. A franchise system generates volumes data every day from various applications systems, for example, the Front Office Operation System at the Franchisee Unit shown in Table 2 . At the end of each business transaction, billing, customer tracking, inventory control, and labor all generate enormous amount of data. At the end of day, a report is sent through the communication system to the franchisor headquarter to summarize the daily business transactions such as total sale, total cost of raw materials, and total cost of labor. If the report is not received after a pre-determined time, a message is triggered to request prompt actions by the franchisee.
Category: Working Knowledge

The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily

Knowledge is power Web posted at: 2/5/2008 1:57:58 Source ::: The Peninsula DOHA • Qatar has an edge in its quest to become a knowledge-based economy since it already has a large number of foreign professionals based here, according to a World Bank (WB) consultant. Traditional concepts are changing in this era of globalization as countries are competing to attract foreign investment and a skilled workforce, said Jorma Routti, a Finnish professor who is currently a World Bank consultant. And since investment brings along jobs, it is key to bolstering an economy, he told The Peninsula on the sidelines of a workshop being held to discuss a draft action plan to make Qatar a knowledge-based economy. Multinational corporations are an effective vehicle of knowledge transfer across the globe, said Routti after presenting a paper on Finland's transition from a struggling economy dominated by forest-based industries in the early 1990s to becoming completely knowledge-oriented. The knowledge component in an economy improves efficiency. Qatar, he said, was already investing hugely in knowledge and the expenditure on research and development here was 2.5 percent of the GDP. However, the small size of the Qatari market remains a major constraint. Technology here will be mostly needed by the hydrocarbons sector, said Routti. Some questions like a possible switch to renewable energy over the long term and stress on new and innovative water desalination technologies are quite pertinent from Qatar's viewpoint. But Qatar is changing for the better due to the increasing demand for energy worldwide.
Category: Knowledge Is Power

MIS Bridge - Knowledge

Knowledge MIS Bridge : Knowledge : Topics : Online Banking e-Security Technology Landscape - One-way Security Safeguards Online Purchases Presently, securing data transferred via the Internet is implemented only through one-way security on the side of the business or bank. An Internet shopper simply buying from an online site requires one-way security. A customer buying a product from a website wants to know if the site they are looking at on the screen is real. One-way security allows the customer to feel secure that the site they are purchasing from is what it says it is. One-way security is achieved through the use of a secure socket layer (SSL). SSL encrypts data between the client and the server by making a direct connection. Then the client sends an encrypted key to the server, which decrypts and sends it back to the client for verification. (Shacter) SSL is becoming the primary feature for smaller business security. Todd Salmi, Vice President and CTO of Deverus says, “All individual businesses need is that little SSL lock to appear at the bottom of the screen to be satisfied.” Paper outline Why security?
Category: Texas Knowledge Online

Knowledge Management Software Companies

KNOVA Software ( 2 Documents ) KNOVA's Intelligent Customer Experience solutions maximize the value of every customer interaction. Their self-service, contact center, and peer support applications automate the most critical part of customer service - actually resolving the case.
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Knowledge of God (Forerunner Commentary) :: Bible Tools

1 John 2:3-6 ( Go to this verse :: Verse pop-up ) This passage helps us understand how we can have the right attitude and emotion in our obedience. We come to know God through the same general process we get to know fellow human beings—by fellowshipping or experiencing life with them. Around 500 years before Christ, Greek philosophers believed they could come to know God through intellectual reasoning and argument. This idea had a simple premise: that man is curious! They reasoned that it is man's nature to ask questions. Since God made man so, if men asked the right questions and thought them through, they would force God to reveal Himself. The flaw in this is seen in the fruit it produced. Though it supplied a number of right answers, it did not—could not—make men moral beings. Such a process could not change man's nature. To them, religion became something akin to higher mathematics.
Category: Knowledge Of God