A research participatory approach to managing knowledge workers

The paper examines the people participatory approach towards executive process of drought management programmes of Mewat region of Haryana. It is an empirical study, based on 93 respondents, taken from three villages, who have been engaged in varied drought management activities within these villages. The study has thrown an adequate light on various levels of benefits and varied degree of satisfaction, derived from the drought management projects, executed in these villages, characterized with different topographical attributes. On the basis of findings of the study, varied inferences have been drawn from the study. This participatory approach has also been testified with correlation technique which shows the results in accordance with responses, responded by the people; belonged to various strata of rural society in their respective villages of Mewat region.

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Towards Training Librarian 2.0 through A Community-based Participatory Group Project: A Case Study

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI ◽

10.29173/cais613 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Lu Xiao ◽

Trina Joyce Sajo

Keyword(s):

Participatory Approach ◽

Group Project ◽

Community Based ◽

Design Decisions ◽

Etude De Cas ◽

Étude De Cas ◽

User Centered

Librarian 2.0 adopts user-centered approach. This paper reports the case study of a community-based participatory approach for training librarian 2.0. The findings suggest that this approach allows the students to practice user-centered interactions, identify and integrate the user’s needs into design decisions, and develop ways of collecting the user’s feedbacks.Les bibliothécaires 2.0 adoptent une approche centrée sur l’utilisateur. Cet article présente une étude de cas sur une approche participative et communautaire visant à former les bibliothécaires 2.0. Les résultats suggèrent que cette approche permet aux étudiants d’interagir avec les usagers, d’identifier les besoins, de les intégrer dans leur processus décisionnel et de développer des moyens de recueillir les commentaires des usagers.

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A Participatory Approach for Local Peace Initiatives: The Lodwar Border Harmonization Meeting

Africa Today ◽

10.2979/aft.2002.49.4.68 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 49 (4) ◽

pp. 68-87

Author(s):

Emily Frank

Keyword(s):

Participatory Approach ◽

Peace Initiatives

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Assessment of motor activity of knowledge workers (on the example of employees of social service centers)

Russian Journal of Occupational Health and Industrial Ecology ◽

10.31089/1026-9428-2020-60-11-727-729 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (11) ◽

pp. 727-729

Author(s):

Nadezhda S. Belyakova ◽

Artyom K. Sergeev

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Motor Activity ◽

Social Service ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Knowledge Workers ◽

Actual Body Weight ◽

Service Center ◽

Work Shift ◽

Working Day ◽

The Ideal

Introduction. The work of many employees in the service sector is associated with a constant stay in a forced working position sitting at the computer for up to 60-80% of the time of the entire work shift, which leads to fatigue. The rate of fatigue depends on the specifics of work: it is much more likely to occur when working with monotony, muscle tension. An important role in the appearance of fatigue is also played by the attitude of a person to the work performed. The aim of study is to study the motor activity of knowledge workers in social service centers for the development of preventive measures aimed at reducing hypokinesia and hypodynamia during the work shift. Materials and methods. The following methods were used in the study: questionnaire and working day timing, calculation methods to determine whether the actual body weight corresponds to the ideal one using the Broka’s index and the Ketle’s index. The study involved employees of the integrated social service center "Raduga" in Bugulma. Results. An assessment of the motor activity of employees of the social service center of the population was made, and it was concluded that the problem of hypokinesia and hypodynamia is relevant and significant for employees of social service centers of the population both in their daily activities and during the work shift. Most of the employees showed an increase in actual body weight compared to the ideal one, which is to some extent due to hypokinesia and hypodynamia both during the working day and at home. Conclusions. Preventive measures aimed at compliance with the principles of rational nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, work and rest regimes, high-quality preliminary and periodic medical examinations are proposed.

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Forest ecological restoration using native species in the North-West of Tunisia: a brand new experience of participatory approach.

Ecologia mediterranea ◽

10.3406/ecmed.2019.2077 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 45 (1) ◽

pp. 75-84

Author(s):

Issam Touhami ◽

Ali El khorchani ◽

Zouheir Nasr ◽

Mohamed tahar Elaieb ◽

Touhami Rzigui ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ecological Restoration ◽

Native Species ◽

Participatory Approach ◽

North West ◽

The North

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Wisdom

American Journal of Islam and Society ◽

10.35632/ajis.v20i3-4.525 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 20 (3-4) ◽

pp. 83-104

Author(s):

Mohamad Fauzan Noordin

Keyword(s):

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Golden Age ◽

Information Society ◽

Knowledge Workers ◽

Knowledge Society ◽

Executive Information Systems ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Knowledge Hierarchy ◽

Muslim Scholars

The levels of knowledge hierarchy (i.e., data, information, knowledge, and wisdom), are described in the Qur’an, the ahadith, and the literature produced during Islamic civilization’s Golden Age. They also have been discussed by western and non-Muslim scholars. However, while implementing and using information and communication technology (ICT), only the first three levels are currently being explored and utilized. Wisdom has not been discussed to any great extent. ICT has designed systems to assist us and has improved our life and work. However, such tools as decision-support systems and executive information systems comprise only data, information, and knowledge. Comprehensiveness does not guarantee the possession of wisdom. Taking things apart is knowledge; putting things together is wisdom. Muslim scholars of the Golden Age analyzed data, drew relationships and interpreted data to create information, identified and determined the pattern to represent knowledge, and understood the foundational principles for the patterns to implement wisdom. Wisdom must be included if ICT is to be complete. People, organizations, and the nation must strive for wisdom as the ultimate goal: from an information society to a knowledge society to a wisdom society, and from information workers to knowledge workers to wisdom workers.

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