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Academics' Perception of Knowledge Sharing in Higher Education
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Annansingh, Fenio; Howell, Kerry E.; Liu, Shaofeng; Baptista Nunes, Miguel – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: Higher education (HE) institutions create, disseminate, share and exchange knowledge through relationships among people, processes and technologies. Knowledge sharing (KS) in academia enables people within the institute to develop practices which allow them to collect and share what they know. This often leads to actions that improve…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Sharing Behavior, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Are We Having Fun Yet? Institutional Resistance and the Introduction of Play and Experimentation into Learning Innovation through Social Media
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Bryant, Peter; Coombs, Antony; Pazio, Monika – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014
Recognising and responding to behaviours and patterns of resistance is critical to the successful implementation of technology-enhanced learning strategies at higher education institutions. At institutional, academic and student levels, resistance manifests itself in a variety of forms, at best supporting a critical culture and at worst creating…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Resistance to Change, Play, Learning Strategies
Knowledge Exchange: Capacity Building in a Small University
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Davis, Sally Fowler – Education & Training, 2009
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine an early articulation of some of the key factors in building capacity and the potential for knowledge exchange (KE) within a small, learning and teaching-oriented organization. Design/methodology/approach: An action research study is planned as a practical enquiry. In common with other action research,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Organizational Change, Strategic Planning, School Policy
Transferring Management Knowledge in Anglo--Chinese Higher Education Collaboration: Are We Speaking the Same Language?
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Ringwald, Kathryn – Industry and Higher Education, 2008
Since the initiation of China's "Open Door Policy" in the late 1970s, the People's Republic of China has been considered a lucrative location for higher education partnerships, and many UK institutions have established collaborative relationships with universities in China. This paper considers the transfer of management knowledge that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Cooperation, Knowledge Management, Trust (Psychology)
Workplace Information Literacy for Administrative Staff in Higher Education
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Hepworth, Mark; Smith, Marian – Australian Library Journal, 2008
A joint project carried out by Leeds University and Loughborough University, funded by JISC, studied the information literacy of non academic staff in higher education. The in-depth, qualitative study deployed an information audit, interviews and focus groups with eleven staff in the Finance and Research Departments at Loughborough University. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Focus Groups, Information Literacy, Information Skills
The Development and Evaluation of an Information Technology Support System to Facilitate Inter-Organisational Collaboration in HRD
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Ford, Norma J. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to evaluate the diffusion of and user response to an information technology support system (ITSS) which was designed to facilitate inter-organisational coordination and collaboration in the professional development of officers employed by local authorities (LAs). Design/methodology/approach: An action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Focus Groups, Cooperation, Information Technology