Reconstructed visions: The philosophies that shaped part of the Scottish national collections

The shifting location of one institution within a knowledge-space that is itself dynamic is examined through a brief case-study of one of the constituent museums which, in 1985, became a part of the then newly established National Museums of Scotland. Through examination of the declared intentions of successive directors over the 151 year history of the institution successively known as the Industrial Museum of Scotland, the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art, the Royal Scottish Museum, and the Royal Museum of Scotland, it attempts to reveal changes in that institution's perception of its own role, its corporate vision, and its sense of place within the social, intellectual and political landscape.     

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以下这封信被放在一家大型教学医院的门诊部。虽然作者不明,但它的内容却值得所有从事健康医疗的人借鉴。     

Strategic knowledge management, innovation and performance

Our aim is to shed light on the consequences of knowledge management (KM) strategies on firm's innovation and corporate performance. Organisations are not aware of the real implications that KM may have. Based on an empirical study consisted of 310 Spanish organisations and structural equations modelling, results show that both KM strategies (codification and personalisation) impacts on innovation and organisational performance directly and indirectly (through an increase on innovation capability). Also, findings demonstrate a different effect of KM strategies on diverse dimensions of organisational performance. Our conclusions may help academics and managers in designing KM strategic programs in order to achieve higher innovation, effectiveness, efficiency and profitability.     

An empirical investigation of mobile banking adoption: The effect of innovation attributes and knowledge-based trust

Rapid advances in mobile technologies and devices have made mobile banking increasingly important in mobile commerce and financial services. Using innovation diffusion theory and knowledge-based trust literature, this study develops a research model to examine the effect of innovation attributes (perceived relative advantage, ease of use and compatibility) and knowledge-based trust (perceived competence, benevolence and integrity) on attitude and behavioral intention about adopting (or continuing to use) mobile banking across potential and repeat customers. Based on a survey of 368 participants (177 for potential customers and 191 for repeat customers), this study uses a structural equation modeling approach to investigate the research model. The results indicate that perceived relative advantage, ease of use, compatibility, competence and integrity significantly influence attitude, which in turn lead to behavioral intention to adopt (or continue-to-use) mobile banking. Additionally, by using multi-group analysis with t-statistics, the results found that the antecedents of attitude toward mobile banking differ between potential and repeat customers. The implications for research and practice and future research directions are discussed.     

课程目标:理解的视角——以有理数乘法运算为例

学生的理解水平、认知发展水平是制定课程目标的重要依据。只有厘清、界定了学生的实际理解水平,才能寻求、探查到一个多数人都能达到的目标层次,制定出适切的课程目标。以有理数乘法运算为例,学生对有理数乘法运算的理解具有层次性与有限性。由低到高,理解的三个水平为程序理解、直观理解、抽象理解。学生对有理数乘法运算的理解是非常有限的,原因在于知识的超验性与学生认知发展的层次性。对照义务教育课程标准发现,课程目标要求偏高,课程目标表述模糊。因而,课程目标需要基于学生的理解水平,具有层次性、明确性、适切性。