The Blog Content Map is helpful organizing diverse material/content. 
You are here
Muslim girl tops Sanskrit PG exam, The Times of India> India> Article
NAVAIKULAM: At a time when inspiring lyrics like Vande Mataram are branded communal, a Muslim girl who opted for Sanskrit has topped the Kerala University MA (Sanskrit) exam in 2006.
Shajeena S notched up 79% and is the first Muslim topper in the university's history.
LEARNING THROUGH LIVING Eleven female students, including five Jewish, three Muslim, one Hindu, one Christian, and a student who is agnostic, will live and study together this year in new Middle East Coexistence House. At left is Danielle Josephs, a Douglass senior, with Nadia Sheikh, both of whom live in the house, part of the Global Village of living-learning communities at Douglass. Josephs envisioned the house and proposed the idea to Carmen Twillie Ambar, dean of Douglass College. Full Story
Denmark's Naser Khader is praised by secular Europeans as a voice for moderation and unity. Islamists consider him a traitor.
By Jeffrey Fleishman, Times Staff Writer, October 8, 2006
Just been reading an article on Trust in HBR (This month’s – September 06 - Issue). Written by Robert Hurly and entitled ‘The decision to trust’.
The author says trust is more often than not the result of analysis and not blind faith or paranoia. He says there are ten factors that determine whether one resorts to trust or distrust in their dealings; 3 of which are related to one’s own personality and the remaining 7 to the situation one is in.
The three personality related factors are: (statements in parenthesis reflect my interpretation)
- Risk-tolerance (are you ready to take a risk and trust someone?)
- Level of adjustment (how much adjusted are you with life? do you believe no one can cheat you?)
- Relative power (how much can you ‘get back’ at the person if he cheats?)
KM thought-leaders have for long screamed from roof-tops about trust being one of the most essential ingredients for it (KM) to be a success in any organisation. But how much of it can be influenced by the KM function/initiative? It is clear that trust is too fundamental, person-based and situation-based for KM to play the role of an influencer. Underlying enablers like communication, capability, risk-tolerance etc can be worked upon with adequate top management support but most of the factors on the list are out of control and hugely associated with the individual’s character and attitude. Knowledge sharing is truly effective only in teams where all the above barriers are crossed….and the situation based factors are difficult if not impossible to handle. Extending this topic a little further…into a slightly different direction, this is a selling point for K-Logs. continue reading posted by Nimmy @
See also my previous post on Knowledge Management and the tacit, tangible and cultural knowledge
No comments:
Post a Comment