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Theory and politics: lessons from feminist economics
Reiter, Sara Ann - In: Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal 8 (1995) 3, pp. 34-59
Investigates two issues raised by D.C. Moore: the apparent failure of critical accounting theory to launch and sustain a critical programme and relative lack of critical accounting activity in the USA. These concerns are related in that radicalization and change of one′s own academic...
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Redefining information science: from “information science” to “knowledge science”
Zins, Chaim - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 4, pp. 447-461
Purpose – This philosophical essay aims to explore the concept of information science. Design/methodology/approach – The philosophical argumentation is composed of five phases. It is based on clarifying the meanings of its basic concept “data”, “information” and “knowledge”....
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Modeling the aesthetic axis of information organization frameworks, part 2
Ojennus, Paul; Timothy Tennis, Joseph - In: Journal of Documentation 69 (2013) 6, pp. 827-850
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a theoretical framework, based on contemporary philosophical aesthetics, from which principled assessments of the aesthetic value of information organization frameworks may be conducted. Design/methodology/approach – This paper identifies...
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Contradictions in “reputation management”
Campbell, F.E.; Herman, R.A.; Noble, D. - In: Journal of Communication Management 10 (2006) 2, pp. 191-196
Purpose – “Reputation management” is widely used as a rationale for public relations, although the public relations practice has problems with its own reputation. Public relations is presented in textbooks as a mature management discipline, yet the term “public relations” is rejected...
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Writing PR history: issues, methods and politics
L'Etang, Jacquie - In: Journal of Communication Management 12 (2008) 4, pp. 319-335
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that public relations (PR) history‐writing has profoundly shaped the discipline and that its US bias may have limited theoretical developments. The author aims to explore the challenges in writing PR history and to consider some of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014850875
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A mobile‐based emergency response system for intelligent m‐government services
Amailef, Khaled; Lu, Jie - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 24 (2011) 4, pp. 338-359
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an intelligent mobile based emergency response system (MERS) framework, a text information extraction and aggregation algorithm to integrate information from multiple sources in the MERS system, and an ontology‐supported case‐based...
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Memetics as informational difference: offering an information-centric conception of memes
Smith, Alexander O.; Hemsley, Jeff - In: Journal of Documentation 78 (2021) 5, pp. 1149-1163
Purpose Information scientists may find value in studying cultural information evolution and information diffusion through memetics. Information studies in memetics have often found datafication in memetics research difficult. Meanwhile, current memetic scholarship elsewhere is abundant in data...
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The patron as producer: libraries, web 2.0, and participatory culture
Deodato, Joseph - In: Journal of Documentation 70 (2014) 5, pp. 734-758
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to offer a theoretical framework for applying Web 2.0 technologies and design principles to the development of participatory cultures within libraries. A participatory culture is one that focusses on facilitating interaction and the creation of content by...
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Recovering Nussbaum's Aristotelian roots
Deneulin, Séverine - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) 7, pp. 624-632
Purpose – The paper aims to examine the relationship between creating capabilities and political liberalism. It argues that the reality of climate change calls for the capabilities approach to be more rooted in a relational anthropology which the Aristotelian ethical tradition is more akin to....
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Relationships of TQM philosophy, methods and performance: a survey in Taiwan
Huarng, Fenghueih; Chen, Yao‐Tzung - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 102 (2002) 4, pp. 226-234
implementation of TQM usually consists of both TQM philosophy from Deming’s “14 points”, Juran’s “ten steps”, and Crosby’s “14 steps …” and techniques such as SPC, QCC, benchmark, QFD, etc. The integration of philosophy and methods are usually used in … implementing practices of TQM. Some researches indicated only TQM philosophy enhances quality performances; the others indicated …
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