Management

The Beauty of Cupola

The term cupola in architecture can be defined as a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret, or on the top of any other building. This word derives from Latin’s cupula, which refers to a small upside down cup. Many variations of the word “cupola” appear in other Indo-European [...]

Management

Moving Beyond “Knowledge for Knowledge’s sake”

There are an assortment of disciplines that have influenced the field of Knowledge Management (KM) thinking and praxis – the most prominent are philosophy, in defining knowledge; cognitive science (in understanding knowledge workers); social science (in understanding motivation, people, interactions, culture and environment); management science (in optimising operations and integrating them within the enterprise); information [...]

Management