Cleanup articletitle date January 2009 The DIKW Hierarchy , also known variously as the Wisdom Hierarchy ... of the DIKW hierarchy journal Journal of Information Science volume 33 issue 2 year 2007 ... of knowledge . ref name Rowley Not all versions of the DIKW model reference all four components earlier ... components. In addition to a hierarchy and a pyramid, the DIKW model has also been characterized ... of the acronym DIKW as a shorthand representation for the data to information to knowledge ... 2009 Zeleny has frequently been credited with proposing the representation of DIKW as a pyramid ...although ... of the DIKW in recently published college textbooks , ref name Rowley and does not include wisdom .... 486. ref Description The DIKW model is often quoted, or used implicitly, in definitions of data ... information knowledge components of DIKW refer to a class of no less than five models, as a function ... rather than an external universal collective phenomenon. ref name Zins Data In the context of DIKW ... of DIKW definitions given in textbooks, ref name Rowley characterizes data as being discrete, objective ... preclude false logic false , meaningless, and nonsensical data from the DIKW model, such that the principle of Garbage In, Garbage Out would not be accounted for under DIKW. Data as Signal In the subjective ... as a signal tier as had Boulding ref name Wallace ref name Boulding , which precedes data in the DIKW .... Data as Symbol Whether the DIKW definition of data is deemed to include Zins s subjective data ... dikw dikw.htm accessdate 7 January 2009 ref or sets of Sign semiotics signs that represent empirical ... purposes, such as forecasting . ref name Liew Boulding s version of DIKW explicitly named the level ... rather than as meaning and its building blocks . ref name Zins Information In the context of DIKW ... Wallace ref name Gamble Structural vs. Functional Rowley, following her review of how DIKW is presented ... to a data level in his version of DIKW, described information as the sum total of all the facts ... more details
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No footnotes date August 2010 The information ladder is a diagram created by education professor Norman Longworth to describe the stages in human learning . According to the ladder, a learner moves through the following progression to construct wisdom at the highest level from data at the lowest level Data Information Knowledge Understanding Insight Wisdom Whereas the first two steps can be scientifically exactly defined, the upper parts belong to the domain of psychology and philosophy. The related model in information science is referred to as DIKW DIKW Hierarchy . References Longworth, Norman and Davies, W. Keith. Lifelong Learning . London Kogan Page Ltd., 1996 p. 93., ISBN 0749419725 Category Learning ... more details
Image Harlan Cleveland 2006.jpg thumb Harlan Cleveland in DC, 2006. Harlan Cleveland January 19, 1918 &ndash May 30, 2008 was an United States American diplomat , educator , and author . He served as Lyndon Johnson s United States Permanent Representative to NATO U.S. Ambassador to NATO , 1965 1969, and earlier as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, 1961 1965. He was President of the University of Hawaii 1969 1974, and the World Academy of Art and Science in the 1990s and founding dean of the University of Minnesota s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs . Cleveland also served as Dean of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs from 1956 to 1961. He was born in New York City to Stanley Cleveland and Marian Van Buren. He attended Phillips Andover Academy and graduated from Princeton University in 1938. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in the late 1930s. He was an early advocate and practitioner of online education , teaching courses for the Western Behavioral Sciences Institute WBSI and Connected Education in the 1980s and early 1990s. He authored twelve books, among his best known are The Knowledge Executive 1985 and Nobody in Charge Essays on the Future of Leadership 2002 . He also published hundreds of journal and magazine articles. He was awarded 22 honorary degrees, the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom , Princeton University s Woodrow Wilson Award, and the Peace Corps Leader for Peace Award. He was the co winner with Bertrand de Jouvenel of the 1981 Prix de Talloires, an international award for accomplished generalists . See also DIKW International Leadership Forum References http www.washingtonpost.com wp dyn content article 2008 06 05 AR2008060503520.html Obituary in The Washington Post http www.startribune.com obituaries 19587364.html Obituary in The Star Tribune http www.hawaii.edu cgi bin uhnews?20080605152016 University of Hawai okina i press release http www.minnpost.com community ... more details
Multiple issues cleanup November 2008 refimprove November 2008 The Knowledge management discourse has adopted, invented and refined concepts from a wide range of disciplines and practices. There follows a list of concepts and language in use in the field. At the moment there is no clear consensus on what is or is not a core concept. The ordering of the list has no significance. Some knowledge of these terms and their background could be summarised as What one should know to be considered a proficient KM adviser and knowledge worker Corporate memory a collection of best practices, heuristics , process documents and other texts that help define how a business operates. related terms organizational memory or group memory . Capturing, maintaining, and growing a knowledge base, selecting appropriate technologies, and motivating quality contributions are all key KM themes. Intellectual capital the intangible asset s of a firm. These include competencies, culture and connections that enable and foster innovation, agility, awareness, adaptation and corporate survival. KM plays a role in mapping, recording, evaluating, stewarding, marketing and growing intellectual capital and knowledge assets. Personal knowledge management a KM theme that focusses on individual responsibility for learning, connecting, organizing and producing knowledge. This is closely tied to blog ging, personal information management and branding. tacit knowledge knowledge engineering business intelligence knowledge transfer social capital social networking , Knowledge Ecosystems Knowledge representation DIKW data information knowledge wisdom codification vs. personalization the trade off between capture and storage of explicit information and making connections to people who know as well as to acquire external knowledge yourself. exploration vs. exploitation 1 should an adviser focus on gathering external information and buying recruiting expertise or capture internal best practices and grow local compet ... more details
Topics related to futurology include Concepts 15 Global Challenges Actionable futurism Agentization Applied Foresight Network Calculating Demand Forecast Accuracy Clarke s three laws CPFR Causal Layered Analysis Coolhunting Digital library initiatives Emerging technologies End of civilization Eschatology Forecasting Foresight future studies Foresight Future Future energy development Futures techniques Global Consciousness Project Hubbert peak Hubbert peak theory Infinite Bandwdith Zero Latency Integral Futures Kardashev scale Malthusian catastrophe Memetics Mapping MentorshipART Meme s 2010 Fiction 2010 Talk List of future studies topics Avatar .22futures studies.22 2010 Multi media AVATARS Discussion DIKW Harlan Cleveland Futures techniques Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA Failure mode and effects analysis GDSS Group decision support systems See also Group decision support systems Interdependence Social network analysis http www.answers.com topic thinklets thinkLets http www.educationfutures.com storytech StoryTech decision support frameworks Involution esoterism Anticipatory thinking Moore s Law Morphological analysis Neofuturism Normative futures Omega Point Optimism bias Planetary Phase of Civilization Planning Prediction Prediction market Preferred futures Psychohistory fictional The Race of the Future Reference class forecasting Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth State of the Future Strategic Foresight Systems thinking Technological singularity Technology Technology forecasting Theory of Constraints Thought experiment Timeline of the future in forecasts Transhumanism Twelve leverage points Ultimate fate of the universe Organizations Acceleration Studies Foundation Association of Professional Futurists Australia Foresight Institute Bakken Museum Club of Amsterdam Club of Rome Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies Finland Futures Academy Foundation For the Future The Futures Academy Futures Group International Futures Research Committee of H ... more details
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