Strategic Knowledge Research Articles

Integrating Art and Dynamic Geometry Software into the Teaching and Learning of Middle School Geometry

Abstract This study focuses on understanding the ways in which integration of art and dynamic geometry software (DGS) into geometry influenced middle school teachers’ understanding of geometric concepts that are difficult to teach, and their perceptions of teaching these topics. The study indicated that art materials combined with DGS played different roles in teachers’ understanding of geometry: in some cases, they helped acquisition of new knowledge and development of deeper conceptual knowledge while addressing misconceptions; in other cases, they helped the retention of knowledge by association with the activity; and in some cases, they facilitated the transfer of knowledge and development of strategic knowledge. Study results also indicated that integration of art combined with DGS led to a higher level of creative engagement that supported productive struggle and helped teachers appreciate and understand pedagogy differently. Lastly, the teachers made connections from learning mathematics content to the pedagogy of teaching that same content.

Художньо-пізнавальна функціональність метакогнітивних доменів інтегральної компетентності майбутніх фахівців музичної та хореографічної освіти

The research is devoted to the study of functions performed by metacognitive domains of integral competence of future specialists of music and choreographic education in the process of artistic cognition. Based on the theoretical analysis of scientific sources from the fields of cognitive science, the essence and features of the phenomenon of metacognitive knowledge were considered. In particular, it was determined that such knowledge, providing awareness of the relationship between knowledge, goals and experience, affects the ability to transmit information, learn and exercise self-control and self-development (Flavell, 1979; Simon, 1996). The analysis of works in the field of pedagogy allowed to clarify the functions of metacognitive domains in the content of the competence sphere of specialists, in particular in the field of art education. The study of the views of art critics and pedagogical scientists contributed to highlighting some features of the process of artistic cognition, in particular its focus on the formation of professional erudition of specialists in the field of art education, their ability to cognize and interpret artistic phenomena. The study was carried out using the following methods: pedagogy of art (to study the peculiarities of the process of artistic cognition); theoretical modeling (to study the functionality of metacognitive knowledge in the content of the competence sphere of art education specialists in the context of ensuring the processes of artistic cognition); a number of empirical methods (to experimentally test the hypotheses of the theoretical study). In particular, by the method of theoretical modeling, it was determined that the regulatory functions of metacognitive knowledge allow to activate the effectiveness of competencies in order to ensure the processes of formation of artistic thesaurus during artistic cognition, as well as the identification and combination of discrete artistic phenomena into a single interpretive concept that reflects a certain cultural picture of the world. The experimental work within the framework of the study was aimed at identifying the functional significance of the metacognitive domain «strategic knowledge» in the process of artistic cognition by comparing the results of assessing the level of formation of the ability to determine the goals of the artistic and educational process and the meta-skills of future specialists in music and choreographic education to integrate artistic and artistic information to solve artisticinterpretive and creative-developmental tasks of the artistic and educational process.

HR facilitating approach through strategic knowledge perspective - A case study approach

Strategic HR practices are known to impact an organisation’s capability to manage knowledge. These linkages have been postulated theoretically but there is a dearth of empirical evidence for such impacts. This paper, through an intervention undertaken at a large organisation, illustrates this linkage. We show how a new HR practice can be a tool for effectively managing knowledge. The paper extends the knowledge management literature by including the effectiveness of HR practices and setting up new ways of innovative knowledge management, which can be useful for scholars as well as practitioners.

Does Financial Literacy Affect Decisions Regarding Gold Investments? Risk Perception, Income, and Financial Behavior of the Surakarta Community

The objective of this study is to examine the impact of financial literacy on individuals' decisionmaking about investments in gold. The significance of financial literacy, financial behavior, income, and risk perception is crucial in the process of making investment decisions. The ongoing investment endeavors serve to raise individuals' awareness regarding future interests and wants. The present study used the partial least squares (PLS) method, with the assistance of the Smart PLS 3.0 software. The study's sample consisted of 100 participants who engaged in gold investments. The findings derived from the conducted research indicate that individuals' decisions to invest in gold are influenced by factors such as financial literacy, financial behavior, income, and risk perception. This research incorporates the Strategic Knowledge Management (SKM) theory, which posits that businesses, from a business standpoint, should allocate resources towards the acquisition and utilization of knowledge. In addition to this, it is imperative to disseminate educational resources to the general public regarding the significance of allocating funds towards gold investments, as gold is widely regarded as a secure and prudent option for long-term financial endeavors.

The structure of decision rights in international joint ventures: a property rights and transaction cost view

This paper explores the structure of decision rights in International Joint Ventures (IJV) by developing a new theoretical framework combining the property rights and transaction cost explanations. Based on the property rights theory, we distinguish between the more intangible strategic knowledge assets and the less intangible operational knowledge assets, and show that the former have a stronger impact on the assignment of decision rights to the JV partners than the latter. Under the transaction cost perspective, we hypothesise that institutional, cultural and market uncertainties are negatively related to the share of decision rights assigned to the parent company JV partner. Empirical data from the JVs of Austrian companies in CEE provide general support for the hypotheses. This study contributes to the IJV literature by applying property rights theory to explain the impact of operational and strategic knowledge assets on the structure of decision rights in IJVs.

Analyzing the Peculiarities of the Development of IT Companies in the Wartime and Regarding the Post-War Conditions

Economic models of world development are characterized by circularity, digitalization and smartization, the active use of scientific and technological achievements in products and technologies, the focus of entrepreneurs’ attention on the creation of strategic knowledge, the formation of unique competencies, the development of new business ideas and their application to obtain competitive advantages in the market. For IT companies, solving these issues is the most urgent, since the IT industry is the most dynamic, it is developing very rapidly, changing and significantly affecting other industries. Also, it should be noted that for domestic IT companies, the conditions for their development are complicated due to hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, the need to relocate businesses, the risks of losing customers and highly qualified personnel, reduced investment in startups. Despite the fact that in 2022 the IT industry provided foreign exchange earnings to the Ukrainian economy (an increase of 5.8% compared to pre-war 2021), there is a significant slowdown in the growth rate of the IT industry compared, for example, with the period 2015-2021, when exports of computer services grew by an average of 26.8% annually. Therefore, the task of analyzing the features of the development of IT companies in the wartime and regarding the post-war conditions is important and relevant for creating security conditions and substantiating the directions of their sustainable development. The article analyzes changes at the global and international levels of the IT industry; the experience of strengthening and consolidating the largest digital IT companies in the market is considered; the negative impact of the decrease in the activity of foreign venture funds to support startups is studied; the level of the State support for enterprises of high-tech industries is characterized.

Brace for impact: How strategic knowledge management determines innovation impact in MNE subsidiaries

Brace for impact: How strategic knowledge management determines innovation impact in MNE subsidiaries

Effects of Metacognitive Strategies and Gender Differences on English as a Second Language (ESL) Students’ Listening Comprehension

This study investigates the effects of metacognitive strategies and gender differences on ESL students’ listening comprehension. This study employed a mixed-method approach, specifically a quasi-experimental research design consisting of pre-test and post-test control, experimental groups and focus group interviews. Focus group interviews were conducted with the ESL students to get more information on how they applied the metacognitive strategies for listening comprehension. Sixty-two Lower Form Six students participated in this study and were selected based on a random sampling technique from two schools in the Seremban district, Malaysia. Pre-test and post-test data were analysed using the paired t-test, and data from the focus group interviews were analysed thematically. Findings revealed that the students exposed to metacognitive strategies had a significant difference in scores with t (6.175), p < .001 attained in comparison to the traditional method. However, there is no significant difference in gender influence on the effects of metacognitive strategies on students’ listening comprehension with t (60) = 0.628, p = .533 > .05. It can be inferred that gender does not influence the effect of metacognitive strategies on listening comprehension. Therefore, regardless of gender, if a student is exposed to such strategies, his or her listening comprehension will improve. Findings from the students’ interviews showed three dimensions of the metacognitive knowledge applied: person knowledge, task knowledge and strategic knowledge. Findings suggest that these metacognitive strategies should be a part of the pedagogical approach and should be mastered by teachers to assist ESL students in improving their listening comprehension.

Opinion: Time for strategic knowledge management

Real growth in organizations occurs when organizations succeed in developing an inter-KNOWLEDGE approach. This inter-KNOWLEDGE approach means that the knowledge acquired and refined in one unit is effectively used in another unit and ultimately leads to growth. This approach, which requires designing and drawing a map of strategic areas of knowledge in organizations, is the missing link of strategic knowledge management in organizations.

A Mixed Assessment for the Science Learning via a Bayesian Network Representation

This study explored an alternative assessment model to examine Chemistry learners’ progress. “The Assessment of Problem-Solving in Chemistry Learning” as a model represented students’ mastery of chemistry study. The data were from journaling narratives and analyzed through cognitive task analysis. Based on the analyses, a student model was established, which represents the qualitative information in a structure, and provides a potential framework of the assessment model for the quantitative representation—a Bayesian network assessment model. The student’s performance was assessed via the Bayesian network assessment model, and classified into three categories: low level, middle level, and high level. The mastery level should be at least scored at and above 90.51/100 for Declarative, Procedural, and Strategic Knowledge respectively.

Whose Agenda is It? Navigating the Politics of Setting the Research Agenda in Education Research-Practice Partnerships

In this article, we provide insight into sharing power and balancing practitioner and researcher priorities during the process of establishing a research agenda for a research-practice partnership (RPP). We draw on the literature about effective collaboration within RPPs to identify concepts and factors that can help or hinder the research agenda-setting process. Concepts include boundary spanning, spheres of interest and action, and strategic knowledge leadership. Factors include early and ongoing engagement of partners, adequate representation of diverse perspectives, funder priorities, and the presence of trusting relationships. The authors then use examples from our own experiences in RPPs to illustrate how these concepts and factors play out in the agenda-setting process.

Data science knowledge integration: Affordances of a computational cognitive apprenticeship on student conceptual understanding

AbstractThis study implements a computational cognitive apprenticeship framework for knowledge integration of Data Science (DS) concepts delivered via computational notebooks. This study also explores students' conceptual understanding of the unsupervised Machine Learning algorithm of K‐means after being exposed to this method. The learning of DS methods and techniques has become paramount for the new generations of undergraduate engineering students. However, little is known about effective strategies to support student learning of DS and machine learning (ML) algorithms. The research questions are: How do students conceptualize their understanding of an unsupervised ML method after engaging with interactive visualizations designed using the computational cognitive apprenticeship approach? How do the affordances of the interactive visualizations support or hinder student knowledge integration of an unsupervised machine learning method? Design‐based research allowed for the iterative design, implementation, and validation of the pedagogy in the context of a working classroom. For this, data collection methods often take the form of student artifacts. We performed a qualitative content analysis of students' written responses and reflections elicited during the learning process. Results suggest that the computational cognitive apprenticeship promoted knowledge integration. After interacting with the computational notebooks, most students had accurate conceptions of the goal and the nature of the method and identified factors affecting the output of the algorithm. Students found it useful to have a concrete representation of the method, which supported its conceptual understanding and showcased the acquisition of strategic knowledge for its appropriate execution. However, we also identified important misconceptions students held about the algorithm.

Exploring intrinsic cognitive load in the programming process: a two dimensional approach based on element interactivity

ABSTRACT The aim of this explanatory study is to identify the causes of intrinsic cognitive load in programming process. For this purpose, a method based on two dimensions; programming knowledge types (syntactic, semantic, and strategic) and programming constructs was proposed. The proposed method was tested with high school students enrolled in Computer Science course dealing with Python programming language. The results suggested that the difficulties determined by the proposed method were considerably useful to estimate the cognitive load experienced by the students. The results also confirmed that when the errors and the difficulties encountered in the programming process increased, the element interactivity in programming tasks increased in terms of syntactic, semantic and strategic knowledge as well. We hope that this study will contribute to the efforts for decreasing the cognitive load to facilitate programming learning process.

Guiding the guides: Doing ‘Constructive Innovation Assessment’ as part of innovating forest ecosystem service governance

While participatory methods are not unknown in the ecosystem services community, there is unused potential in co-creating ecosystem service governance innovation. We argue that participatory methods in ecosystem service governance can be further improved and ingrained into the way of working by incorporating insights from innovation studies. In the InnoForESt project, which revolved around innovations in forest ecosystem services, the task of “Constructive Innovation Assessment” (CINA) was to systematically transfer strategic knowledge into six local innovation processes. We outline the core features of this approach and describe the experiences we made in accompanying the implementation of the approach in the six cases. As a core feature of CINA, realistic scenarios were developed in each innovation process, aiming to formulate contextualised innovation options. Because stakeholders are the linchpin of all efforts, they must be able and willing to do something with these options. The innovation work carried out during the project was designed in such a way that the scenarios were developed, stabilised, or modified and sometimes discarded in co-creation with the stakeholders at key points during intensive strategic workshops. Working with the CINA approach benefits from operable boundary objects and strives for achieving the quality of “convergence work”: the challenge of reaching agreement on something that can be collaborated upon, across different interests and with growing shared interest. CINA’s flexibility allowed each of the six processes to be tailored to the forest ecosystem governance of a region. Participation in the InnoForESt project was not limited to a series of workshops but encompassed various forms of communication and interaction between these workshops. For local innovation workers, participation in the InnoForESt project was also a practical challenge: to be self-confident and true to themselves and their own competences, while simultaneously remaining open to trying something new. For them, CINA was not only part of a broader process, but also a ‘method’. This method seemed unwieldy at first but gained momentum and attractiveness while engaging with it. The effort involved in introducing and supporting CINA is substantial. If one does not want to return to a simple, linear illusion of ‘controllable’ innovation, then it is worth investing in the support work with local partners which CINA provides. All sides learn from adopting CINA.

Elucidating strategic patterns from target customers using multi-stage RFM analysis

ABSTRACT Predicting profitable customers is a strategic knowledge portfolio of retailer managers because some customers are better profitable than others in a business. The present work is an effort to demonstrate a better model of predicting profitable customers. We apply the k-means algorithm to identify customer patterns based on Recency, Frequency, and Monetary (RFM) attributes computed from a real-life dataset of UK-based and registered non-store online retail. Six data mining models have been applied to each identified pattern and overall data to predict whether each customer would purchase in the next six months or not. A comparative analysis of identified pattern characteristics and predictable performances and Type I and Type II errors have been performed to identify the target customer group in terms of better predictability and profitability. The identified patterns help to generate novel marketing strategies. Thus, the retailers may successfully target the most consistently profitable customer groups to apply diverse knowledge on marketing strategies for the specific pattern.

Evaluation of Strategic Knowledge Areas Required in Mechanical and Electrical Services Cost Management

Evaluation of Strategic Knowledge Areas Required in Mechanical and Electrical Services Cost Management

How Smart Firms Power Global Knowledge Acquisitions Through Socialization Mechanisms: Evidence from Malaysian Foreign Subsidiaries

This concept paper extends research on knowledge transfer based on the network and resource base. It claims smart firms can accelerate their stock of strategic knowledge by employing an efficient socialization process and gaining competitive advantages. Nonetheless, exploiting the knowledge in the corporate network is not straightforward. The transition of substantial strategic resources within a business must be acquired and used efficiently. Using the socialization process thus significantly reduces the barriers to best practices or strategic knowledge transfer. This paper presents a theoretical model explaining acquiring knowledge through socialization. Nevertheless, this paper demonstrates that without socialization mechanisms, subsidiary-headquarters embeddedness could adversely affect.

Development of the strategic sustainability management system in different periods of its life cycle

Background: The formation of a strategic sustainability management system for transport organizations, taking into account the concept of its life cycle, should be aimed at improving management efficiency.
 Aim: Based on the essence of the category "strategic sustainability", as well as management methodology, to develop a strategic sustainability management system taking into account the concept of its life cycle.
 Methods: The research methodology assumed the use of a systematic approach to the formation of a management system. Methods of data collection, comparison and analysis are applied.
 Results: The necessity of developing a strategic sustainability management system in different periods of its life cycle is indicated. The paper presents a management methodology with an indication of the purpose of its structural elements. Based on the developed methodological approach, the authors describe what and how the system does at each of the stages of "system analysis system design development implementation maintenance" of its life cycle; what goals are set and desired outputs. For the selected management processes, such as management of strategic data preparation, effective use of strategic resources, results of strategic sustainability with risk, innovation and strategic knowledge management; five groups of processes are identified and the types of activities of each group that need to be carried out to achieve strategic sustainability of transport organizations are listed.
 Conclusion: The necessity of developing requirements for the formation of a strategic sustainability management system and its life cycle processes based on the essence of the category "strategic sustainability" and the developed management methodology is shown. Obtaining information at different stages of the life cycle will allow for effective integration of processes, which will improve the quality of strategic sustainability management of transport organizations.

PELATIHAN DAN PENDAMPINGAN PENGEMBANGAN HIDAYATULLAH TAHFIDZ GLOBAL ISLAMIC SCHOOLS

Abstract– This social service was based on the need assessment of the Hidayatullah Masjid Foundation for developing Hidayatullah Tahfidz Global Islamic Schools. This training was aimed at giving strategic management knowledge enhancement and capacity building for the so-called dewan Asatidz and Asatidziah or Islamic teachers of Play Group, Raudhlatul Atfal (Kindergarten), Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (Islamic Primary School), and Madrasah Tsanawiyah (Islamic Middle School). The training materials consisted of sector analysis, vision and mission unification, milestone, and implementation strategies and control. This training involved focus-grouped discussion, classical training, mentoring, and academic consultation. This training was evaluated by using 4 levels of Kirk Patrick assessment. Results of this training showed that the increase in the participants’ knowledge level reached 53.30%, and the perceptions of materials suitability, trainer performance, committee performance, and facilities are positive. Results of The evaluation showed that the participants had strong commitments to implement the training results. The participants had strong beliefs about the positive impact of the training on individuals, madrasah institutions, and the Hidayatullah Masjid Foundation. There needs improvement of time management for the next training. It is advised that this training is followed up by research and further training.

Temporality of fishery taskscapes on the north-central Gulf of Mexico coast (USA) during the Middle/Late Woodland period (AD 325–1040)

This study examines the timing, tempo, and logic of fishery taskscapes at two Woodland villages (ca. AD 325–1040) on the north-central coast of the Gulf of Mexico (USA). A multi-proxy combination of zooarchaeological attributions, light stable isotope analyses, and related approaches reveals cyclical aspects of the temporality of taskscapes at these two non-farming communities, identifying which resources were collected when and where. Awareness of local diurnal tidal cycles and their influence on accessibility and distribution of near-shore resources, and the rationales for strategies employed by modern, nonindustrial fishers and shellfish gatherers add depth and complexity to our understanding of the daily rhythms of life for these villagers. During winter months, shellfishing efforts likely took advantage of the lowest tides of the year to harvest massive quantities of oysters in the late morning each day. Fishing efforts likely tracked with tidal cycles as well, targeting deeper water during the early morning ebb tide, and the shoreline zone during the evening flood tide. In the summer, shoreline fishing opportunities peaked during midday high tide, with shellfishing opportunities being less frequent and less productive overall. The temporality of these interrelated tasks documents a strategic knowledge of tides, currents, and local resources.