Vital Links for a Knowledge Culture

Vital Links for a Knowledge Culture
Author: Liss Jeffrey
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9789287146212

Citizenship and cultural participation in the 21st century will increasingly require access to new information technologies, and those lacking access will risk social exclusion. This book considers the issues involved in developing a policy framework to close the access gap, in order to maximise the potential for human and cultural development. It contains a number of essays that adopt historical, statistical, theoretical, and descriptive methods to investigate the value of the internet for societies, citizens and communities. It considers how government policy makers and their partners in the corporate and civil society sectors can help foster full participation in the development of a knowledge society.

Managing the Knowledge Culture

Managing the Knowledge Culture
Author: Philip Robert Harris
Publisher: Human Resource Development
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780874258592

Managing the Knowledge Culture expertly explores how to overcome one of the biggest challenges 21st century leaders and their followers face functioning effectively in a knowledge culture. The thoroughly up-to-date book will deepen your understanding of the knowledge culture and its management and clearly detail the changing roles. For human resource professionals or managers who wants to be on the leading-edge of knowledge management, this realistic resource is a must.

eCulture

eCulture
Author: Alfredo M. Ronchi
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2009-03-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3540752765

Do virtual museums really provide added value to end-users, or do they just contribute to the abundance of images? Does the World Wide Web save endangered cultural heritage, or does it foster a society with less variety? These and other related questions are raised and answered in this book, the result of a long path across the digital heritage landscape. It provides a comprehensive view on issues and achievements in digital collections and cultural content.

Highway to Democr@cy

Highway to Democr@cy
Author: Kate Oakley
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9287151377

The developments in information and communications technologies (ICT) have had significant effects on many aspects of modern society. This publication adopts a holistic approach to discuss diverse and opposing current opinions on the role of ICT in the fields of employment, economic growth, the media, education, science and technology, law and culture, as well as in new areas such as e-voting and e-governance.

Communication Technology

Communication Technology
Author: Darin Barney
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0774840773

When the Internet began to emerge as a popular new mode of communication, many political scientists and social commentators believed that it would revolutionize our democratic institutions. Today, voter turnout is at an historic low and Internet usage is at an all-time high. Can we still make the claim that new information and communication technologies (ICTs) enhance democratic life in Canada? What effect does the technological mediation of political communication have on the practice of Canadian politics? How have such technologies affected the distribution of power in society?

Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 991
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1799812081

One of the major tools of attaining proper development all around the world is creating wealth and economic inclusion, such that all classes of people can secure their lifestyles through access to financial services from formal sectors. Expanding access to resources and increasing self-employment opportunities help reduce poverty and improve social development. Wealth Creation and Poverty Reduction: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines trends, challenges, issues, and strategies related to the creation of livelihood options through the redistribution of resources, foreign aid, private sector activities, and other methods. Highlighting a range of topics such as microfinance, poverty alleviation, and socio-economic development, this publication is an ideal reference source for government officials, policymakers, executives, economists, analysts, researchers, academicians, professionals, and students interested in wealth creation in areas of extreme poverty.

Media Divides

Media Divides
Author: Marc Raboy
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 077485930X

Media Divides offers a comprehensive democratic audit of communications law and policy. Using the concept of communications rights as a framework for analysis in five key domains – media, access, the Internet, privacy, and copyright – leading analysts reveal that Canada’s failure to respond adequately to a host of pressures and developments has left its citizens with unequal access to the nation’s communications system and the freedom of expression it promises. Media Divides not only offers the first up-to-date account of the democratic deficits in Canada’s communications policy, it formulates recommendations – including the establishment of a Canadian right to communicate – for the future.

Intercultural Communication for Global Business

Intercultural Communication for Global Business
Author: Elizabeth A. Tuleja
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2021-08-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000387356

As concise and practical as ever, this new edition brings together principles and new theories in intercultural communication, focusing on communication as the foundation for management and global leadership. Grounded in the need for building awareness and knowledge, practicing mindfulness, and then working on skill development, this text examines the concepts associated with understanding culture and communication in the global business environment to help readers: understand intercultural communication processes; improve self-awareness and communication in intercultural settings; expand skills in identifying, analyzing, and solving intercultural communication challenges at work; and evaluate whether one’s communication has been effective. This fully updated new edition also includes completely updated case studies, with an increased emphasis on non-US perspectives, to show real-world applications across the globe. Richly illustrated with new examples and activities, this text is the ideal companion for any business student or manager dedicated to communicating more effectively in a globalized society.

Gender and Wildfire

Gender and Wildfire
Author: Christine Eriksen
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2013-11-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 131769967X

In pursuit of lifestyle change, affordable property, and proximity to nature, people from all walks of life are moving to the wildland-urban interface. Tragic wildfires and a predicted increase in high fire danger weather with climate change have triggered concern for the safety of such amenity-led migrants in wildfire-prone landscapes. This book examines wildfire awareness and preparedness amongst women, men, households, communities and agencies at the interface between city and beyond. It does so through an examination of two regions where wildfires are common and disastrous, and where how to deal with them is a major political issue: southeast Australia and the west coast United States. It follows women’s and men’s stories of surviving, fighting, evacuating, living and working with wildfire to reveal the intimate inner workings of wildfire response – and especially the culturally and historically distinct gender relations that underpin wildfire resilience. Wildfire is revealed as much more than a "natural" hazard – it is far from gender-neutral. Rather, wildfire is an important means through which traditional gender roles and power relations are maintained despite changing social circumstances. Women’s and men’s subjectivities are shaped by varying senses of inclusion, exclusion, engagement and disengagement with wildfire management. This leads to the reproduction of gender identities with clear ramifications for if, how and to what extent women and men prepare for wildfire.