Development of Multi Criteria Tacit Knowledge Acquisition Framework (MC-TKAF) to Support Talent Development Intervention Program in A Malaysian Comprehensive University

In the era of big data, how to obtain useful knowledge from online news and utilize it as an important basis to make investment decision has become the hotspot of industrial and academic research. At present, there have been research and practice on explicit knowledge acquisition from news, but tacit knowledge acquisition is still under exploration. Based on the general mechanism of domain knowledge, knowledge reasoning, and knowledge discovery, this paper constructs a framework for discovering tacit knowledge from news and applying the knowledge to stock forecasting. The concrete work is as follows: First, according to the characteristics of financial field and the conceptual cube, the conceptual structure of industry–company–product is constructed, and the framework of domain ontology is put forward. Second, with the construction of financial field ontology, the financial news knowledge management framework is proposed. Besides, with the application of attributes in ontology and domain rules extracted from news text, the knowledge reasoning mechanism of financial news is constructed to achieve financial news knowledge discovery. Finally, news knowledge that reflects important information about stock changes is integrated into the traditional stock price forecasting model and the newly proposed model performs well in the empirical analysis of polyester industry.

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Using Learning Communities to Support Cantonese/Mandarin Family Child Care Providers in a Professional Development Intervention Program

Journal of Education and Learning ◽

10.5539/jel.v6n4p127 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 127

Author(s):

Yafen Lo ◽

Shu-Chen Yen ◽

Shinchieh Duh

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Professional Development ◽

Child Care ◽

Los Angeles ◽

Learning Communities ◽

Intervention Program ◽

High Impact ◽

Family Child Care ◽

Care Providers ◽

Development Intervention

High-impact educational practices can promote student involvement and learning outcomes, but are rarely tested in the community college setting—where involvement is a typical challenge to student success. For Family Child Care (FCC) providers, who tend to be older and overworked, higher-education training can be especially difficult. The present study examined the use of learning communities as a high-impact practice in Project Vista Higher Education Academy (PVHEA), a two-year professional development intervention program for Cantonese/Mandarin FCC providers at the East Los Angeles College in California. Quantitative and qualitative data during the inaugural term (January 2012-December 2013) indicated that PVHEA successfully helped FCC providers access and complete college coursework towards Child Development degrees and credentials. Course completion rate reached 100%, and the providers gradually increased course load while maintaining above-average grades. Positive changes were also observed in self-efficacy, aspirations, and professional image. The associated program challenges were discussed.

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Talent Development and Its Role in Shaping Absorptive Capacity in Emerging Market Firms: The Case of Russia

Advances in Developing Human Resources ◽

10.1177/1523422318803087 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 20 (4) ◽

pp. 444-459 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Marina O. Latukha

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Human Resource Development ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Emerging Market ◽

Talent Development ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

Leading Role ◽

Innovative Thinking ◽

Knowledge Assimilation ◽

New Perspective

The Problem The overall ability to create and transfer knowledge is one of the main competitive advantages for companies from emerging economies and becomes their performance driver. As human resource development (HRD) and talent development (TD), in particular, aim to extend employees’ capabilities related to innovative thinking, creativity, and their key competences, which can be necessary for knowledge creation and development, TD can be associated with a firm’s absorptive capacity; however, their relationship remains underresearched. Although some studies claim about grounds for absorptive capacity, lack of analysis of absorptive capacity dimensions, specified as knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation, and its connection to TD in the emerging market context can be observed especially with the relationship to firm performance in Russia. The Solution We investigate the influence of TD on firm’s absorptive capacity in emerging market contexts, more specifically in Russia, and confirm the link between TD in Russia and knowledge assimilation, knowledge transformation, knowledge exploitation, and knowledge acquisition. The Stakeholders We show the new perspective of talent management, in general, and TD, in particular, for HRD area, showing the leading role of TD in emerging market contexts that should be in a primary agenda for both researchers and practitioners.

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Development of Professional Care Program for Nurses in Dementia Wards and Its Educational Effects

American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias® ◽

10.1177/1533317520950925 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 ◽

pp. 153331752095092

Author(s):

Yoko Takeuchi ◽

Mayumi Kato ◽

Tatsuru Kitamura ◽

Daisuke Toda ◽

Yoshimi Taniguchi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Usual Care ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Usual Care Group ◽

Intervention Program ◽

Sense Of Self ◽

Professional Knowledge ◽

Dementia Care ◽

Care Group ◽

Post Intervention

Purpose: To develop an education program for nurses specializing in dementia care, and to investigate its effects. Methods: An intervention study of nurses was conducted using a quasi-experiment with 3 randomly assigned groups. Participants were 51 nurses from a psychiatric hospital dementia ward, divided into an intervention program group (17 nurses), a knowledge-acquisition-only group (16 nurses), and a usual-care group (18 nurses) as controls. The program group intervention comprised 3 frameworks: motivation for achieving the task, acquisition of professional knowledge required for dementia care, and sharing of successful experiences based on professional knowledge. The knowledge-acquisition-only group received only the acquisition of professional knowledge framework, and the usual-care group received only the usual-care framework. The intervention period was 3 months. Results: Post-intervention, the program group had a significantly greater sense of self-efficacy associated with professional knowledge and significantly greater self-efficacy associated with practice compared with the knowledge-acquisition-only and the usual-care groups. Professional knowledge was acquired by 80% of the program group, compared with 70% of the knowledge-acquisition-only group. A co-occurrence network diagram of the multivariate analysis results produced by text mining of the descriptive data indicated that nurses provided care for symptoms specific to different diseases based on their pathological mechanisms. Conclusion: Program implementation led to the acquisition of deeper knowledge and greater self-efficacy by sharing expertise-based practices and successful experiences, compared with desk-based learning in a single workshop lecture, suggesting the program’s usefulness in clinical practice.

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Tacit Knowledge Management Within Hospitality Establishments

International Journal of Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/ijkm.2016070102 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 15-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Spyros Avdimiotis

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Task Assignment ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Research Field ◽

Working Environment ◽

The Subject ◽

Fierce Competition ◽

Tacit Knowledge Management

Tacit knowledge is a concept developed in connection with knowledge management research field. It is acknowledged as the cornerstone of competitive advantage; however, merely its possession does not guarantee an edge in fierce competition. Even though tacit knowledge holds a dominative role towards labor efficiency, productivity and innovation, the subject of tacit knowledge acquisition and transfer has been rather unexploited, mostly due to its intrinsic, highly personal and seamlessly bonded to holder's personality, attributes. The purpose of the article is to contribute to the exploitation of the embedded tacit knowledge of employees in hospitality establishments, a sector where the employment of tacit knowledge has to be extensive and foremost, capitalizing the maximum of personnel competences. Moreover, the paper correlates tacit knowledge acquisition and transfer, with behaviors stemming from a working environment where task assignment is adjusted to employees personal characteristics. Towards this goal, research hypotheses were built and tested, using SEM Methodology.

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Accelerated engaged tacit knowledge acquisition during executive succession

Management Research Review ◽

10.1108/mrr-10-2018-0402 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 (5) ◽

pp. 573-594

Author(s):

Rida Elias ◽

Bassam Farah

Keyword(s):

Theoretical Model ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Tacit Knowledge ◽

Transition Period ◽

Knowledge Flow ◽

Executive Succession ◽

Human Resource Managers ◽

Specific Knowledge ◽

Content Type ◽

Resource Managers

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a model that can explain how organizations may retain their executives’ tacit knowledge in the organization especially during the succession period. The proposed model takes into consideration three critical contexts that may assist in improving the knowledge flow during the transition period, namely, motivation context, transition context and ability context. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a conceptual framework that emphasizes the importance of the will and skill of two parties involved in succession, i.e. the predecessor and successor, as well as the context of the succession. To this end, the paper advances a set of propositions that explain how these different contexts affect the quantity and quality of the knowledge acquired by the successor at the end of the succession period. Findings This paper advances a theoretical model that describes the antecedents and moderator of job-specific knowledge acquired during executive succession. Research limitations/implications This paper presents a theoretical model that explains knowledge flow during the transitory period of succession. It emphasizes the importance of the motivation and ability of the partners involved while taking into consideration the context of succession. Practical implications This paper contributes considerably and in a practical manner to managers in general and to human resource managers in particular. It draws the attention of concerned managers to check the motivation of both successor and predecessor in experiencing the transition, explain to the successors the job description of the position to direct their attention to learn specific knowledge and equip both parties involved in the succession with the needed skills. Originality/value This paper advances a new concept termed as accelerated engaged tacit knowledge acquisition. This concept complements other perspectives of knowledge flow and learning and takes into consideration the specific context of executive succession.

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