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\"A comprehensive synthesis of the best practices for management in the vital and rapidly growing field of sustainable water systems Handbook of Knowledge Management for Sustainable Water Systems offers an authoritative resource that goes beyond the current literature to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the topic. The text explores the concept of knowledge management as a key asset and a crucial component of organizational strategy as applied to the sustainability of water systems. Using the knowledge management framework, the authors discuss socio-hydrology sustainable water systems that reflect the present political, economic and technological reality. The book draws on contributors from a number of disciplines including:economic development, financial, systems-networks, IT/IS data/analytics, behavioral, social, water systems, governance systems and related ecosystems. This vital resource: Contains a multifaceted approach that draws on a number of disciplines and contains contributions from experts in their various fields Offers a coherent approach that discusses the dynamic concept of sustainability drawing on data from people, systems and processes of diverse water systems Includes a comprehensive review of the topic and offers a platform for dialog between theory and empirical analysis Explores opportunities for multi-constituent synthesis This book is written for regulators, water utility practitioners, researchers and students interested in the fledgling field of knowledge management and sustainable water systems and those who want to improve the effective and efficient management of a complex water system\"-- Provided by publisher.

A comprehensive synthesis of the best practices for management in the vital and rapidly growing field of sustainable water systems Handbook of Knowledge Management for Sustainable Water Systems offers an authoritative resource that goes beyond the current literature to provide an interdisciplinary approach to the topic. The text explores the concept of knowledge management as a key asset and a crucial component of organizational strategy as applied to the sustainability of water systems. Using the knowledge management framework, the authors discuss socio-hydrology sustainable water systems that reflect the present political, economic and technological reality. The book draws on contributors from a number of disciplines including: economic development, financial, systems-networks, IT/IS data/analytics, behavioral, social, water systems, governance systems and related ecosystems. This vital resource: * Contains a multifaceted approach that draws on a number of disciplines and contains contributions from experts in their various fields * Offers a coherent approach that discusses the dynamic concept of sustainability drawing on data from people, systems and processes of diverse water systems * Includes a comprehensive review of the topic and offers a platform for dialog between theory and empirical analysis * Explores opportunities for multi-constituent synthesis This book is written for regulators, water utility practitioners, researchers and students interested in the fledgling field of knowledge management and sustainable water systems and those who want to improve the effective and efficient management of a complex water system.

Bringing a fresh perspective to the evaluation of management problems, this book scrutinizes the influence managers have on employees′ understanding. It considers how managers use ideas and visions to frame their employees′ internalized understanding of the external rules and instructions that govern their work. The book brings an interpretative perspective to the question of individual and group competence and looks at how this is linked with understanding. The book refers throughout to international case studies and considers the cross-cultural impact on management and understanding at work.

說故事（storytelling)為人類傳承文化及 智慧的一種方式。在組織中，透過說故事能有 效的轉移内隱知識，促進組織内外的溝通及學 習，並有助於組織價値的建立。大學是創新知 識的重要來源之一，在知識經濟時代中佔有重 要地位，若能善加利用說故事之方式，必能更 有效傳播大學之理念、精神與文化。因此本研 究以世新大學為個案研究，使用深度訪談法萃 取大學社群之組織共同故事，及共同故事對社 群成員的意義與價値。研究結果歸納出六類世 新大學之組織共同故事，而其中，創辦人對於 世新大學組織中之資深教職員影響深遠

In the midst of global species loss, Indigenous languages and culture are experiencing similar declines. Current international policies and programs advocate the involvement of local and Indigenous people in sustaining biodiversity and culture, but the anticipated benefits are not always realized or assessed. This paper draws on three objectives of current international and Australian policy to explore the biological and cultural benefits of a collaborative cross-cultural biodiversity project of Indigenous rangers and university ecologists in remote northern Australia. Policies promoting blends of biological and cultural conservation from International to national scale share the following objectives: (1) involve Indigenous Peoples in biodiversity conservation; (2) maintain and develop Indigenous knowledge and culture; and (3) recognize and promote Indigenous natural and cultural resource management and traditional knowledge. This paper reflects on the project benefits in the context of these objectives, with the aim of informing future policy and program development. Biodiversity benefits of the cross-cultural project included new public records for a relatively poorly known but species rich area that are being used to inform local Indigenous land management, as well as specimens and tissue samples with which to explore the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the region. Cultural benefits included compiling a local field guide that contains ten different languages and engaging young people to facilitate intergenerational transfer of threatened traditional knowledge. Promotion of the work at local to national fora addressed the third objective and enhanced Indigenous involvement. We demonstrate that top-down policy directives can be implemented to deliver on-ground mutual benefits for science and Indigenous communities.

This paper focuses on a water management project in the remote Aboriginal community of Milingimbi, Northern Australia. Drawing on materials and experiences from two distinct stages of this project, we revisit a policy report and engage in ethnographic storytelling in order to highlight a series of sensing practices associated with water management. In the former, a working symmetry between Yolngu and Western water knowledges is actively sought through the practices of the project. However, in the latter, recurrent asymmetries in the research work continue to appear: a bilingual diagram of water usage is displayed but produces confusion; measuring a water hole for salinity, a member of the scientific team throws in a water meter, while a Yolngu elder prefers the telling of an ancestral story; a collaborative 3-D mapping exercise invites participation from community members but struggles to develop an outcome that differs from existing maps used by scientists and government staff. Focusing on these moments as subtle points of rupture, we suggest that attending to “seeing,” “telling,” and “mapping” in both stages of this water management project offers a way to explore the political work of crafting climate futures and beginning to interrogate differing means for “doing difference” within them.

The main aim of the article is to examine if the tax regulations in Slovenia are changing significantly more often than in the following selected countries: Austria, Great Britain, Croatia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Romania, for which we used comparative analysis of the 10 different tax rules. We also investigate the taxpayers` views of Tax Law Complexity. Our research confirmed the hypothesis: that all the selected countries are faced with frequent changes in tax legislation; that taxpayers in Slovenia estimate the complexity of tax rules with the highest degree. Comparative analysis of the changing tax legislation and empirical research of Slovenian Tax Complexity represents an important contribution to science in the field of tax policy, administration and management of local affairs. Glavni cilj prispevka je proučiti, ali se davčni predpisi v Sloveniji spreminjajo bistveno bolj pogosto kot v naslednjih izbranih državah: Avstriji, Veliki Britaniji, Hrvaški, Bolgariji, Češki, Poljski in Romuniji, za kar smo uporabili primerjalno analizo 10 različnih davčnih pravil. Proučujemo tudi vidike davkoplačevalcev o kompleksnosti davčne zakonodaje. Z raziskavo smo potrdili naslednje hipoteze: vse izbrane države se soočajo s pogostimi spremembami v davčni zakonodaji; davkoplačevalci v Sloveniji ocenjujejo, da je kompleksnost davčnih pravil na najvišji stopnji. Primerjalna analiza spreminjajoče davčne zakonodaje in empirična raziskava davčne kompleksnosti v Sloveniji predstavlja pomemben prispevek znanosti na področju davčne politike in upravljanja lokalnih zadev.

Hyperthinking is predicated on the assumption that the single most important skill required to help you and your organization thrive in the age of perpetual change, digital communications and networks is the mind-set of individuals. This includes your values, your ability to learn and ability to adapt to change. After 14 years of experience with leading global companies, author Philip Weiss has developed an approach that pulls together the ingredients needed for the modern executive to both adapt and thrive in this new age. The Hyperthinking model has been developed and tested on teams, clients and the author’s networks with great success. The book explains how Hyperthinking can apply to different facets of our lives, starting from our personal experience and our role in society and shows how to adapt better to the new business world. Hyperthinking is a set of values and tools that, used in combination, enable individuals to embrace change develop their creativity and effectively engage in the digital age. It has been tested by a variety of business executives and helped them to understand change, as well as overcome fear or resistance to technology. Philip Weiss offers the perfect antidote to information overload; a wonderful blueprint for personal and organizational innovation; and a set of perspectives to help us all make sense of a fast-changing business environment. Read it and start Hyperthinking! Contents: Hyperthinking: executive summary; Part 1 The Beginning of the End of Business as Usual: Flying high; Risks or opportunities?; Meet Paul. Part 2 Defining a New Language: Shifting your perspective; A new word...a new concept. Part 3 The Four Dimensions of Hyperthinking: Hypershifting; Hyperlearning; Hyperlinking; Hyperacting; Collaboration. Part 4 Becoming a Hyperthinker: Embarking on the journey; (Almost) the final word. Part 5 Stories of Hyperthinking: Meet the real hyperthinkers; Catching up with Paul; Index. Whilst studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, Philip Weiss launched two college magazines, started the first student radio station on a full FM licence in the UK, and received the Young Achievers Award from HM the Queen. In Brussels he set up ZN a leading eCommunications agency working with companies, political institutions like the European Commission and Parliament and organisations on how to use the Internet to integrate and transform communication. He works with such household names as Toyota, Microsoft, Sony, Sanofi Pasteur, UCB and various industry associations. His Hyperthinking model was developed to enable the ZN team and their clients manage rapid change and innovation to adapt their strategies and structures to the age of networks. In 2009, Philip helped co-found TEDxBrussels. He is now Chairman of IABC Europe (International Association of Business Communicators).

We examine the role that habitus, an individual's or group's dispositions, has played in the retention of traditional ecological knowledge among the Noongar people of south-western Australia. We sought to determine if current plant knowledge reflects Noongar habitus or, alternatively, the use of fall-back species that were important due to the intermittency of agricultural employment and the social exclusion of Aboriginal people up until at least the 1960s in Western Australia. We compared the seasonal availability of Noongar food plant resources currently known by Noongar Elders to those described at the time of European settlement. We used non-metric Multidimensional Scaling (nMDS) and multivariate statistics to compare the seasonal availability of plant resources with the seasonal availability of work prior to the introduction of civil rights for Aboriginal Australians in the 1960s. We show that the seasonal pattern of plant knowledge has changed little since settlement and that there was no significant relationship between the seasonal availability of work and plant knowledge. This result suggests that prior to 1960 Noongars maintained a reasonably traditional round of seasonal activities involving traditional plant use. We suggest that Noongar habitus guided their response to the colonising culture and helped preserve traditional ecological knowledge.

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