scholarly journals Understanding Older Canadian Workers' Perspectives on Age and Aging in the Context of Communication and Knowledge Transfer

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah De Blois ◽  
Martine Lagacé
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Workplace Communication ◽  
Canadian Population ◽  
Transfert Des Connaissances ◽  
Generational Perceptions

Background  The Canadian population is aging, as is the Canadian workforce, resulting in an increase in different generations working with one another. The current study aims at understanding, from the older worker’s point of view, generational perceptions in the workplace, and further how such perceptions are linked with communication patterns as well as knowledge transfer.Analysis  This study collected 167 responses from a survey of older workers. The questionnaire addressed variables under study such as intergenerational perceptions, and workplace communication and collaboration patterns.Conclusion and implications  Results suggest that older workers perceived that their younger peers view them positively. Furthermore, older workers rely on accommodative communication patterns and favor knowledge transfer when interacting with younger colleagues.Contexte  La main-d’œuvre canadiennes c’est vieillissantes et différentes générations de travaillent se côtoient désormais les unes les autres. La présente étude vise à comprendre, du point du vue du travailleur vieillissant, comment les générations se perçoivent l’une l’autre; en outre, comment ces perceptions sont en lien avec la communication et le transfert des connaissances au travail.Analyse Un sondage par questionnaire a été effectué auprès de 167 travailleurs canadiens. Le questionnaire incluait des énoncés en lien avec les variables à l’étude, soit les perceptions intergénérationnelles, la communication et le transfert des connaissances au travail.Conclusions et implications  Les résultats suggèrent que les travailleurs vieillissants sont d’avis que leurs plus jeunes collègues les perçoivent de manière positive. En outre, ces résultats montrent que les travailleurs vieillissants favorisent un mode de communication accommodant envers leurs jeunes collègues et valorisent le transfert de leurs connaissances.

Gemeinsprachliche Ressourcen beim Wissens- und Wissenschaftstransfer - die Rolle der Deixis bei der propositionalen Komposition in universitären Vorlesungen in den Fächern Physik und Maschinenbau

Fachsprache ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 104-122
Author(s):  
Winfried Thielmann
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Mechanical Engineering ◽  
Academic Language ◽  
Ordinary Language ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Role ◽  
Academic Teaching

Abstract Languages for special purposes have mainly been considered from the point of view that they are specialized, i.e. that they satisfy the terminological needs of expression of specialized groups. The purpose of this contribution is to demonstrate that specialized discourses such as university lectures may make specific use of ordinary language devices. An analysis of sections from German lectures in physics and mechanical engineering reveals that deictics play a special role in propositional  composition. The findings are relevant for the general principles of linguistic science and knowledge transfer as well as for teaching German as a first or second academic language. Schlagwörter: Sprache wissenschaftlicher Lehre – Deixis – Physik – Maschinenbau – propositionale Komposition Key words: Language of academic teaching – deictics – physics – mechanical engineering – propositional composition

A capability maturity framework for knowledge transfer

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Scanlan
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Capability Maturity ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Transfer Capability

Knowledge transfer (KT) activity at a research performing organization (RPO) is usually reported as a set of metrics arising from the RPO’s research and engagement, such as links to industry, intellectual property creation, licensing of new technology and new start-up company creation. However, these basic metric sets are not very effective, either from the point of view of benchmarking or as measures of quality. To address this inadequacy, the author has developed and implemented a ‘knowledge transfer capability maturity framework’, which attempts to capture the essentials of good-quality management across key KT processes, providing for the identification of deficiencies and subsequent improvements. This article also presents the use of the ratios of currently reported metrics as an additional and helpful benchmarking tool, and the possible use of these ratios as a means of quantifying the quality measurement of the capability maturity framework presented.

Metodyka szkoleń w zakresie ochrony aplikacji internetowych przed atakami z cyberprzestrzeni

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (23) (1-2) ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
Krystian Wojdygowski ◽  
Zbigniew Świerczyński
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Point Of View

W artykule przedstawiono założenia autorskiej metodyki przeprowadzenia szkoleń z zakresu ochrony aplikacji internetowych przed atakami z cyberprzestrzeni. Oprócz metodyki, opisano stanowisko laboratoryjne opracowane specjalnie na potrzeby realizacji części praktycznej metodyki. Przedstawiono przykładowe scenariusze zadań szkoleniowych, co z punktu widzenia dydaktycznego stanowi spójną całość i umożliwia przekazywanie wiedzy w sposób kompleksowy, usystematyzowany oraz dobrze przyswajalny przez odbiorców. The paper presents assumptions of the authorial methodology to conduct trainings in the field of web application protection against cyber-attacks. In addition, a laboratory stand with example training scenarios is described, that was prepared especially for an implementation of the practical part of the methodology. From a didactical point of view, it is a coherent whole, allowing knowledge transfer in a comprehensive, systematized and easily assimilable way.

Application of cloud computing for the needs of BPMS systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-210
Author(s):  
Kamila Francik ◽  
Mariusz Pudło
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Market Changes

The paper presents the issues of applying highly-advanced informatic systems of BPMS class in the aspect of process approach to enterprise management. Their use can sub¬stantially influence the change of the previous way of functioning and acquiring a larger amo¬unt of data and information on dynamic market changes. The goal of the paper is to determine the influence of management processes computerization with reference to knowledge transfer among particular organizational units. Moreover, the Authors have presented a conceptual model considering the process approach with reference to enterprise management with the use of cloud computing. It is believed that application of this model in enterprise can influence the increase of the amount, availability, and better protection of acquired information and thus, key knowledge indispensable from the point of view of company’s further development.

scholarly journals La circulation sur la route transcanadienne dans l’Ontario central

2005 ◽  
Vol 10 (19) ◽  
pp. 37-53
Author(s):  
Louis-Edmond Hamelin
Keyword(s):  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Annual Average ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Annual Average Daily Traffic ◽  
Canadian Population ◽  
Rail Line ◽  
Geographic Environment ◽  
Lake Simcoe

This study concerns the section of the trans-Shield route between Lake Simcoe and the boundary of Manitoba. The data were obtained from the Ontario Department of Highways for the period from 1958 to January 1965 and by personalinquiry carried out in May 1965. To what extent does this section link the two principal cores of the Canadian ecumene, that is, the Lower Great Lakes - St. Lawrence area and southern Alsama ? After having briefly presented the geographic environment in which the route is situated, the author presents a number of statistics. The annual average daily traffic outside the towns is light : 3,000 vehicles in the more popular sectors and less than 1,000 in the less frequented parts. There is a decrease in the intensity of traffic from east to west as jar as Dryden. For the entire 1,200 miles of highway, three fourths of the vehicles have Ontario license plates. East of Sault St. Marie, the vehicles from outside Ontario come mainly from the U.S.A. whereas in the Kenora area they are principally from Manitoba. Traffic is three to Jour times heavier in summer than in winter. In the winter season the number of non-Ontario cars is very small and there are relatively more trucks than in summer. In the month of May the situation is more similar to that in winter than to that in summer. In the last jive years the frequentation of the route bas greatly increased ; at Dinorwic the number of vehicles in July bas multiplied five times. From a regional point of view, three sectors should be recognized : (1) from Lake Simcoe to Sault St. Marie, (2) from Sault St. Marie to Dryden, and (3) extreme western Ontario. Economically, the Ontario section of the Trans-Canada Highway is not a profitable enterprise. Furthermore, this route appears to be much less transcontinental than the parallel rail line. In several ways the trans-Shield corridor presents a greater obstacle to the continuity of the Canadian population ecumene than the Rocky Mountains, or even the Appalachian barrier. Nevertheless, central Ontario is a part of the ecumene but it is only an « ecumene of liaison » with low intensity of occupance. An office of Trans-Canadian traffic should be created.

Stereotyping Older Workers and Retirement: The Managers' Point of View

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kène Henkens
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Frequent Contact ◽  
Components Analysis

ABSTRACTThis article presents the results of a study into stereotyping by managers of their older workers and the influence of these stereotypes on the inclination of managers to keep their older workers in employment. The data for the study were gathered among 796 managers. Through principal components analysis, 15 opinions about older workers were reduced to three dimensions of stereotypes. The first dimension deals with the productivity of older staff; the other two dimensions have to do with their reliability and their adaptability. These stereotypical ideas about older workers influence managers' attitudes toward the retirement of their employees. The analyses show that, besides organizational factors, psychological mechanisms also explain why people view older workers through stereotypes. Managers who are older and in more frequent contact with older employees tend to hold more positive views.

Urban Revitalization, Security, and Knowledge Transfer: The Case of Broken Windows and Kiddie Bars

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Lippert
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Broken Windows ◽  
Transfert Des Connaissances ◽  
Transfert De Connaissances ◽  
Article Analyse

RésuméCet article analyse le projet de revitalisation urbaine d'un centre-ville canadien et le problème que posait la mise en lumière d'aspects négligés de relance urbaine, de sécurité publique et de transfert de connaissances. L'utilisation des propriétés du centre-ville de Windsor a peu à peu cédé aux forces du marché et le quartier a connu une prolifération de bars pour jeunes. Le résultat en était un problème de sécurité publique à connotation morale, ce qui a semblé grever les ressources policières et nuire tant à la vie et au développement résidentiels qu'au commerce de détail. En utilisant la gouvernementalité et des outils analytiques influencés par la méthode Latourienne, l'auteur examine; (1) le rôle de la Business Improvement Association (association pour favoriser le commerce) du centre de Windsor; (2) l'influence progressive du rapport d'un consultant auprès des institutions municipales; et (3) les mesures qui en ont résulté, incluant un règlement municipal provisoire suivi d'un règlement de zonage visant à redéfinir un type de bar à permis, appelé «bar pour jeunes» (kiddie bar) L'auteur discute des conclusions à tirer de cette analyse pour comprendre le rôle de la Business Improvement Association, la gouvernance «d'en bas,» et le transfert des connaissances.

IMPACT OF THE USE OF KNOWLEDGE OBTAINED THROUGH INFORMAL EXCHANGES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF INNOVATION PROJECTS: FOR THE ENRICHMENT OF INBOUND OPEN INNOVATION PRACTICES

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (06) ◽  
pp. 1850045 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAMIEN DIETSCH ◽  
RIM KHEMIRI
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Knowledge Presentation ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

This study aims to examine the relationship between the acquisition of knowledge through informal channels and performance of innovation projects. We propose that three forms of informal knowledge exchange, namely, knowledge sharing, knowledge presentation and knowledge transfer, positively impact the perceived performance of innovation projects. A survey of 360 individuals involved in innovation projects whose answers were analysed with PLSs reveals that knowledge, obtained through knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer with third parties outside the company by informal route and the simultaneous use of an innovation intermediary as part of these informal exchanges, positively impacts the three elements that have been chosen to measure the operational performance of innovation projects, namely, cost, time and quality. These results provide major contributions to the academic and managerial point of view and open up new vistas for research that derived directly from the demonstration that open innovation not only has to relay on formal agreements, but also to take into account the informal way of knowledge acquisition.

Identifying Barriers to Continued Training for Older Workers in a Production Plant: A Mixed-Methods Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lukas Thürmer ◽  
Aleksandra Yedyenyova ◽  
Erika Spieß
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Employee Training ◽  
Production Plant ◽  
Middle Aged ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Motivation To Participate ◽  
Work Goals ◽  
Training Opportunities

An aged and shrinking workforce represents one of the major challenges for companies in the next decades. Capitalising on and developing older workers’ potential will therefore be key for organisational success. Research shows, however, that older workers in companies are less likely to receive training than their younger colleagues and that knowledge transfer before retirement frequently fails. Based on these findings, we used a mixed-methods approach to investigate older workers’ motivation to participate in advanced training and knowledge transfer. Older workers in a first, quantitative study (N= 176) reported being significantly less likely to participate in training and having fewer promotion opportunities. Contrary to our expectations, middle-aged workers already showed this decline in training opportunities, which may suggest that leaving workers behind because of their age is a larger problem than previously assumed. To investigate the subjective reasons for this lack of training, we conducted problem-centered interviews with older workers (age > 50;N= 15). Qualitative content analyses identified valuation, immediate job relevance, and setting work goals until retirement as key motivators to participate in continued employee training. Moreover, older workers confirmed our quantitative finding that even middle-aged workers lack training. We discuss how companies can promote older workers’ inclusion in formal and informal training to improve working conditions and retain knowledge.

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