This paper analyses the effects of organizational culture on the transfer of knowledge in organizations. While prior literature has considered relations between individual classifications of ...organizational culture and the whole process of knowledge development, we focused our analysis on the dimension of cultural strength and its effects on the selected phase of knowledge transfer in organizations. Our study suggested that organizations need to analyse how weak and strong organizational culture affects knowledge in organizations. The study drew upon the behavioural, organizational, and knowledge management theories and analysed answers from 138 respondents in Slovenian organizations. Analysing knowledge data demonstrates that older respondents and employees in managerial positions are more prone to knowledge transfer. The analysis shows that the strength of organizational culture is positively and statistically significantly associated with knowledge transfer in organizations. The main practical implication of this study is our finding, which suggests that organizations need to further improve the transfer of knowledge through increasing the strength of organizational culture.
V sodobnem poslovnem okolju je postalo znanje temeljni vir pri doseganju konkurenčnih prednosti. Kako uspešne bodo organizacije pri procesu razvijanja znanja, je odvisno od številnih dejavnikov. V ...doktorski disertaciji smo se osredotočili na moč organizacijske kulture, vrednote zaposlenih, proces razvijanja znanja in informacijska učna središča kot eno izmed oblik notranjega razvijanja znanja. Raziskali smo vpliv moči organizacijske kulture na posamezne faze procesa razvijanja znanja in vzpostavljanja informacijskih učnih središč ter vpliv vrednot zaposlenih na proces razvijanja znanja. Doktorsko disertacijo smo razdelili na teoretični in empirični del.V teoretičnemu delu smo naprej predstavili izbrane opredelitve organizacijske kulture in njene elemente, pri čemer smo se osredotočili na pojasnjevanje vrednot. Opozorili smo na pomen organizacijskih in delovnih vrednot. Pojasnili smo soodvisnost organizacijske kulture, klime in subkultur. Nadaljevali smo s pojasnjevanjem različnih tipologij organizacijske kulture in poglavje zaključili s prikazom vpliva organizacijske kulture na delovanje organizacij. V tretjem poglavju smo se osredotočili na raziskovanje organizacijske kulture, pojasnili smo pomen in pristope pri raziskovanju organizacijske kulture ter različne merske instrumente. Natančneje smo proučili merske instrumente, ki so jih v obliki anketnih vprašalnikov zasnovali Cameron in Quinn (2006), Denison (Denison in drugi, 2006) ter Pascale (1984). Izpostavili smo tudi pomen etičnosti pri raziskovanju organizacijske kulture.Četrto poglavje se je nanašalo na proces razvijanja znanja, podali smo temeljne ugotovitve o znanju, njegovem pomenu in vlogi v organizacijah, opredelili smo management znanja in proces razvijanja znanja ter natančneje predstavili pridobivanje, kodiranje, shranjevanje, prenos, uporabo in zaščito znanja. Poglavje smo zaključili s pojasnitvijo vloge organizacijske kulture in vrednot pri procesu razvijanja znanja. V zadnjem teoretičnem poglavju smo se osredotočili na informacijska učna središča kot možno obliko notranjega razvijanja znanja v organizacijah. Na začetku poglavja smo opredelili učenje v organizaciji, pojasnili pomen samostojnega in organiziranega samostojnega učenje za organizacijo ter predstavili informacijska učna središča. Zasnovali smo koncept vpeljevanja informacijskega učnega središča v organizacije ter predstavili raziskave na področju informacijskih učnih središč v organizacijah.Na podlagi teoretičnih spoznanj smo oblikovali konceptualni model raziskave, ki nam je predstavljal osnovo za izvedbo empiričnega dela doktorske disertacije. V empiričnem delu smo najprej oblikovali izhodišča in model empirične raziskave. V modelu raziskave smo opredelili statistično populacijo in vzorec raziskovanja, način pridobivanja podatkov, oblikovali smo raziskovalna vprašanja, teze in domneve ter določili metode raziskovanja. Sledila je analiza demografskih značilnosti anketirancev in organizacij ter preizkušanje domnev, poglavje smo zaključili z analizo rezultatov in podajanjem sklepnih ugotovitev.Na podlagi opravljene empirične raziskave med slovenskimi srednjimi in velikimi organizacijami smo prišli do ugotovitev, da glede na tip moči organizacijske kulture prevladuje močna kultura, ki je povezana z značilnostmi lastniške strukture in pravnoorganizacijskimi oblikami obravnavanih organizacij. Prav tako smo potrdili, da obstaja vpliv moči organizacijske kulture in vrednot zaposlenih na posamezne faze ii procesa razvijanja znanja ter da med močjo organizacijske kulture in vzpostavljanjem informacijskih učnih središč ostaja pozitivna linearna povezanost. Sinteza teoretičnih in empiričnih spoznanj nam je omogočila zasnovo celovitega modela vpliva moči organizacijske kulture in vrednot zaposlenih na proces razvijanja znanja ter vzpostavljanja in delovanja informacijskih učnih središč.V doktorski disertaciji smo uresničili namene in zastavljene cilje ter dosegli doprinos k strokovni literaturi s področja predmeta raziskovanja.
In this paper, we focus on the importance and influence of employees’ values as an essential element of organizational culture in the acquisition of knowledge. Based on empirical research, we studied ...the influence of employees’ values in Slovenian organizations on the acquisition of knowledge, enabling us to identify the core values that exert the greatest effect on the acquisition of knowledge. The results of the analysis confirmed the positive impact of employees’ values on the acquisition of knowledge. We found that the more employees are dedicated to personal development and the more they feel connected and loyal to the organization, the more they are inclined to the development and acquisition of knowledge.
The article discusses “catfight” as an umbrella term and pejorative word for any kind of intra-women aggression (relational or physical). The author derives the definition of the phenomenon from ...challenging a cultural assumption about women and cats (also present in the naming of this act), both constituted as Other, the construction of normative femininity as complicit to hegemonic masculinity, and the gender ambiguity or non-binary of the phenomenon (a catfight as a queer act). An analysis of selected media representations showed that the catfight is positioned as liminal and at the intersection of gender, sexuality and class.
The article discusses "catfight" as an umbrella term and pejorative word for any kind of intra-women aggression (relational or physical). The author derives the definition of the phenomenon from ...challenging a cultural assumption about women and cats (also present in the naming of this act), both constituted as Other, the construction of normative femininity as complicit to hegemonic masculinity, and the gender ambiguity or non-binary of the phenomenon (a catfight as a queer act). An analysis of selected media representations showed that the catfight is positioned as liminal and at the intersection of gender, sexuality and class. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
The article discusses 'catfight' as an umbrella term and pejorative word for any kind of intra-women aggression (relational or physical). The author derives the definition of the phenomenon from ...challenging a cultural assumption about women and cats (also present in the naming of this act), both constituted as Other, the construction of normative femininity as complicit to hegemonic masculinity, and the gender ambiguity or non-binary of the phenomenon (a catfight as a queer act). An analysis of selected media representations showed that the catfight is positioned as liminal and at the intersection of gender, sexuality and class. Adapted from the source document.
Das breite Spektrum feministischer Gedanken von der Kunst bis zur Erkenntnistheorie, die sich um Geschlecht und seine vielfältigen Arrangements in der Gesellschaft drehen, werden als "anders" oder ..."schmutzig" dargestellt, wenn diese sich nicht in vorherrschende erkenntnistheoretische Prämissen oder künstlerische Standards der hegemonialen Männlichkeit einordnen lassen. Das Konzept der Andersheit wird der Wissenden/ Produzentin aufgrund ihres Geschlechtes und ihres epistemischen Fokus zugeschrieben, der dichotome Rahmungen eines Körper-Geist-Dualismus, erkenntnistheoretische Traditionen, geschlechtsspezifische Berufseinteilungen, Geschlechtsbinarismus und Körpernormen konventioneller Weiblichkeit durchbricht. Das Leben und Werk der radikalen Feministin Andrea Dworkin wird in der Analyse herangezogen, um die folgende theoretische Prämisse des Artikels zu bestätigen: Eine Frau, die sich als Wissende positioniert, Wissen produziert und als Feministin (selbst)kategorisiert (wird), wird als eine Bedrohung für das System der Geschlechterordnung, seine Strukturen, Diskurse und Praktiken wahrgenommen.
The wide spectrum of feminist thoughts, from art to epistemology, which are centred around gender and its multi-leveled arrangements in society is, when not aligned with predominant epistemic premises or artistic standards of hegemonic masculinity, rendered as Other or dirty. The concept of Otherness is ascribed to the knower/ producer on behalf of her sex and her epistemic focus, which transgresses several dichotomous frameworks of the body-mind dualism, epistemological traditions, gendered categorization of professions, gender binarism and body norms of conventional femininity. The life and work of radical feminist Andrea Dworkin was analyzed in order to confi rm the theoretical premise of the article, namely that when a woman positions herself as a knower and produces knowledge, (self)categorized as a feminist, she is perceived as a threat to the system of structures, discourses and practices of the gender order.
Biogas is a mixture of gases produced by anaerobic fermentation where biomass or animal waste is decomposed and methane and carbon dioxide are mainly released. Biogas also has a very high moisture ...content (up to 80%), temperatures of around 60 °C, high pressure, and can contain other gases (N2, H2S, NH3 and H2). We searched for an appropriate measuring system for the determining of oxygen in biogas, since the production process of biogas must be run under anaerobic conditions; as the presence of oxygen decreases the quality of the biogas. Ruthenium (II) complexes are by far the most widely-used oxygen dyes within optical oxygen sensors. In general, they have efficient luminescences, relatively long-life metal-ligand charge-transfer excited states, fast response times, strong visible absorptions, large Stokes shifts, and high-photochemical stability. The purpose of this work was to characterise and optimize an optical oxygen sensor using tris (4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline) ruthenium(II) dichloride complex for measuring oxygen. Different sensor properties were additionally studied, focusing on the interference of external light, temperature, and various gases. A special gas-mixing chamber was developed for gas interference study, and on-line experiments are presented for oxygen determination within the pilot biogas reactor.
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