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Sleegers, Peter; den Brok, Perry; Verbiest, Eric; Moolenaar, Nienke M.; Daly, Alan J. – Elementary School Journal, 2013
Despite the popularity of professional learning communities (PLCs) among researchers, practitioners, and educational policy makers, studies on PLCs differ significantly on the dimensions and capacities used to conceptualize them. Further, the interrelatedness of different dimensions and capacities within PLCs is not often well conceived nor…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Models
Allee, Verna – Training and Development, 1997
Understanding knowledge is the first step in managing it effectively. Twelve guiding principles and the core competencies of knowledge can help organizations make the most of their knowledge assets. (JOW)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Cognitive Structures, Corporate Education, Organizational Climate
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Scribner, Sylvia – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1985
Activity theory posits that culturally organized actions guide the acquisition and organization of knowledge. This theory was applied to the organization of knowledge within a large milk processing plant. The dairy was found to be organized by social knowledge, yet individuals creatively synthesized several domains of knowledge to organize their…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Kramer, Howard C. – 1986
The concern of this paper is how people in organizations understand the dynamics of an organization's practices. The way that organizational culture influences advising systems is considered. The focus is on how people understand the function of academic advising and the influence of three concepts of culture (cognitive, symbolic, and…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Cognitive Structures, College Environment, Higher Education
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Cesaria, Ruggero – Management Communication Quarterly, 2000
Provides a brief historical reconstruction of management communication in Italian companies. Suggests that dealing with communication technologies, communication professionals, and intercultural communication represent three future challenges. (NH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication
Tierney, William G. – 1988
How different institutions conceive of and construct knowledge is examined by delineating how they enact their conception of knowledge through curriculum. The contention of Burton Clark and others that disciplinary activity is primarily responsible for fomenting knowledge production is argued. It is suggested that institutions have a more powerful…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, College Role, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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Aguirre, Adalberto, Jr., Ed.; Martinez, Ruben O., Ed. – ASHE Higher Education Report, 2006
This monograph examines and discusses the context for diversity leadership roles and practices in higher education by using research and theoretical and applied literatures from a variety of fields, including the social sciences, business, and higher education. Framing the discussion on leadership in this monograph is the perspective that American…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Sciences, Leadership, Organizational Theories