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From Shared Databases to Communities of Practice: A Taxonomy of Collaboratories

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Most practicing scientists would strongly resist controls that many corporate employees accept as normal, such as having their work hours, technology choices, and travel schedules dictated by others. 2003; Stokols, Harvey, Gress, Fuqua, & Phillips, 2005). Technology Issues.

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IBM SJ 45-4 | Ethnographic study of collaborative knowledge work

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We conducted this study over a six-month period in 2003 and 2004 at five different business sites in the Boston area. ” Some processes were carried out exclusively by e-mail or instant messaging. • Making travel arrangements, reimbursement of travel expenses (checklist) • Developing protocols (text file).

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PKM and the Organization - Pollard

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I first got interested in the idea of bottom-up personal knowledge management, focused on the unique needs of each front-line employee, in 2003, my last year as Global Director of Knowledge Innovation for a major professional services firm. When I asked him about Instant Messaging, he said he handled it the same way. SpaceTramp.