Archive for January, 2008
Intellectual Property
Question:
Will intellectual property survive in the digital age especially with the advent of digital technologies and networks?
Definition:
Intellectual Property: property that results from original creative thought, as patents, copyright material, and trademarks.
A.) Positives and Negatives of Being a Digital Creator and a Digital Consumer:
Living in a digital reality where anything can be created and distributed at [...]
Knowledge Based Economy
Question:
What is the concept of a Knowledge Based Economy and how does it impact the Information Economy as a whole?
Definition:
Knowledge Based Economy: The term “knowledge-based economy” stems from this fuller recognition of the place of knowledge and technology in modern Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development economies. 1
What is the Knowledge Based Economy?
“The [...]
Organizational Theory
“In the reading of chapter 3, I came across a section that struck me as disturbing. On page 75, quote: ” Cultural homogenization is one widely feared affect of the globalizing economy as English, the language of business, becomes increasingly commonplace along with blue jeans, training shoes and American fast food.” This would insinuate that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Culture-Media Reflections
Culture-Media Reflections
Some responses to a blog for my MBA Organizational Theory class;
In addressing the issues on the causes and effects of media on culture I have a two part response;
My first response exemplifies that there is a perpetuation and proliferation of violence in the media and that the best way to curtail [...]
Dramaturgy & Performatvity
To understand the uniqueness of a particular organization’s communities of practice or technologies of representation/control one must first understand the way in which the corporations presents itself as a sum of its units as well as the individual entities within that sum. Dramaturgy and performatvity explain the theatrical elements of a performance and how that [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Organic Structure Theory
There are a number of varying prescriptions for how an organization should be structured for innovation, especially in the midst of turbulent situations. Frequent themes include horizontal structures, project-based work teams, and lateral communication which are all characteristics of Burns and Stalker’s organic structure theory. Idea ownership and the sense to be in sole control [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What is Postmodernism?
Postmodernism is a complex term that has multiple facets associated with the theoretical constructs that emanate from its definition. It is difficult to define because “postmodernisms” exist in a plethora of areas ranging from organizations, arts, architecture, literature, and the social sciences; however within the realm of these arenas there is a varying consensus [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Big Numb
Psychotropic dreams from the big numb…
I am in southern Thailand and will be leaving for Phuket either tomorrow or the day after… To tell you the truth parts of this place kind of disgust me. Just to see the exploitation of people by their own will institutes a wave of utter repulsion and despair over [...]
Entrepreneurial Endeavors: Alkie Pops to Stoney Snacks; The Promotion and Selling of Novelty Products
“Things may come to those who wait…but only the things left by those who hustle.”
Abraham Lincoln
Discussing an organization with which I am familiar with and have a keen understanding of is difficult to establish and narrow down. When one is an entrepreneur, one must be well versed in a multitude of organizations/industries to “hustle” [...]
The Truth : Kierkegaard
How does one find the truth? This is something that I have constantly struggled with in my examination of the world around me. Kierkegaard trusted his individual subjective truth and stressed that these subjective truths are most influential in a person’s life. If these subjective truths are indeed paramount, then where does the “absolute objective [...]
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