Chances are, growth is a high priority for your
organization. But recent studies show that large public companies have
roughly a 10% chance of sustaining growth for more than 10 years. The
Innovator's Solution, a recent book by a Harvard professor and
Deloitte consultant, attempts to explain why — and what executives
can do about it. Our review gives highlights of their theory and draws
some implications for information professionals.
Annotated links to current articles and interesting
Web sites. This month includes Eileen Quam 's presentation at the
Verity user's group (5.32 MB PPT).
Knowledge base editing retreat June 7 - 11 (Amherst,
MA)
Five days of hands-on activities covering 5 topics
— trends, creating quality content, basic taxonomies, advanced
taxonomies, application integration.
Taxonomy maintenance June 22/23 (Enfield, CT)
Corporate taxonomies are not static structures.
They need to be continually updated due to new content, organizational
changes, and new business strategies. This two day workshop will define
the issues associated with taxonomy maintenance and will help you develop
a change control process that is customized to meet the needs of your
organization. Includes hands-on activities with Web-based Lab.
A hands-on course that covers the fundamentals of
business taxonomies: how to do a needs analysis, create a controlled
vocabulary, develop a thesaurus, and use taxonomy components in navigation.
Includes personalized assistance from our instructors and supervised
work on a real project in the Web-based Lab.
A hands-on course that covers the creation and use
of authorities as well as the development of two independent thesauri
that are linked through cross references. Includes personalized assistance
from our instructors and supervised work on a real project in the Web-based
Lab.
