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DIARY: February 16, 2000 09:38 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

Colloquium organizing the record for knowledge management.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Colloquium Communication Organized Supports DKR Objectives
3...Technology Erodes Basic Skills


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SUBJECTS
Colloquium Unfinished Revolution, 000106
Organization of Communication
Organization Management
Organic Subject Structure WBS Methodology

0806 -    ..
0807 - Summary/Objective
0808 -
080801 - Follow up ref SDS 10 0000, ref SDS 9 0000.
080802 -
080803 - Benay Dara-abrams submits follow up, based on recent efforts by Eric
080804 - Armstrong to assemble Colloquium reference information, on importance
080805 - of organizing information to accomplish knowledge management.
080806 - ref SDS 0 0895  Benay's second letter provides an example of losing
080807 - basic skills due to reliance on technology. ref SDS 0 0844
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0811 - Progress
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081201 -  ..
081202 - Colloquium Communication Organized Supports DKR Objectives
081203 -
081204 - Follow up ref SDS 3 6916.
081205 -
081206 - Received ref DRT 1 0001 from Benay Dara-abrams citing his letter dated
081207 - 000119, ref DRP 1 0001, reviewed on 000120, ref SDS 3 6916, concerning
081208 - the need to organize information.
081209 -
081210 -     Benay's recommendation aligns with U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's
081211 -     report on 971007 showing that effective organization improves
081212 -     information management and saves time and money by reducing the
081213 -     cost of rework to fix mistakes. ref SDS 1 1273 The Corps
081214 -     calculated savings based on overlooked subjects that organize
081215 -     information. ref DRP 2 4680
081216 -
081217 - Review on 000120 of Eric Armstrong's letter dated 000118 showed need
081218 - to strengthen organization of information to improve productivity
081219 - handling the explosion of information, ref SDS 3 5063, and cited email
081220 - organization methods that need early attention. ref SDS 3 8240
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081222 - Benay cites a recent letter Eric submitted, ref DRT 1 3430, notifying
081223 - the Colloquium of work compiling reference materials, and noting that
081224 - organizing effort is an aspect of knowledge management....
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081227 -         •  Condensing information / evaporating the extraneous
081228 -
081229 -         •  Organizing and presenting the material
081230 -
081231 -         •  Preserving attributions to contributors
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081233 -         •  Recording evaluations
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081236 - Benay asks today how to maintain and update contents of references,
081237 - and perhaps communications, as well.  He asks can we automate that
081238 - function or does that still require a human to condense and organize?
081239 - ref DRT 1 6984
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081241 -     POIMS explains organization aspects of intelligence based on
081242 -     subjects, which are difficult to manage because of contraditory
081243 -     qualities, being both fluid and structured. ref OF 1 0561
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081245 -     POIMS supports organic subject structure. ref OF 1 1110
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SUBJECTS
Skills Reduced by Reliance on Technology

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120402 - Technology Erodes Basic Skills
120403 -
120404 - Benay's second letter relates personal experience showing problem of
120405 - people losing skills because of reliance on technology. ref DRT 2 0001
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120407 - The subject of Mental Arthmetic, Calculators, and Armageddon, reflects
120408 - prospect of skill errosion, that presents a risk, for example of
120409 - spreadsheets that do calculations, causing people to forget the
120410 - multiplication table, and more complex systems.
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