I'm still here doing the Tech Guy stuff. :)
I have to say that this is a very rewarding position. The company I'm working for is small enough that I get a lot of hands on training with a lot of different aspects of a business environment.
New Additions to what I've done include:
- Port mapping for the new switches that are going to be implemented relatively soon.
- Changing the system back up tape drives.
- manually pushing updates to user PCs
I'm having a great oll time here.
Hope to keep you updated on all the new knowledge I will be imparted with soon.
D
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Done with classes for the Spring
Yeah I'm done for the spring and am working at the Country Music Association on Internship.
I'm the Help Desk Guy :)
Its fun and exciting to be working in the real world. Even if it's only part time.
I have some current projects that are exciting me.
- I'm learning to do document writing for end users. It's going great so far.
- I'm going to help with the CMA Music Fest off site and have helped with making cables and preparing PC's for the event.
I'm the Help Desk Guy :)
Its fun and exciting to be working in the real world. Even if it's only part time.
I have some current projects that are exciting me.
- I'm learning to do document writing for end users. It's going great so far.
- I'm going to help with the CMA Music Fest off site and have helped with making cables and preparing PC's for the event.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Class blog 9
Visit Hallmark Cards or Communispace website. Discuss how a company like Hallmark Cards can best benefit from communities.
Communities are a great source of inspiration for Halmark Cards. Virtual communities help Hallmark Cards gain in-site and inspiration about what their customers want to see on their card. Hallmark Cards uses contests to entice their customers to submit ideas to them. This is the current contest, http://www.hallmarkcontests.com/index.cfm.
Hallmark also has a blog to help their communities communicate between each other.
http://www.yourhallmarkcardcompetition.blogspot.com/
This is great for Hallmark and will be great for any company that wants to use customer imput to improve the product that they show to their customer.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
In Class Blog
What are the Similarities and Differences between an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and an Expert System(ES).
My last two blogs explain these terms in more detail, but I'd like to define each of these for you so we can conceptually understand each of these terms.
An Artificial Neural Network (ANN), often just called a "neural network" (NN), is a mathematical model or computational model based on biological neural networks. It consists of an interconnected group of artificial neurons and processes information using a connectionist approach to computation.
AND
An expert system is a software program that helps an expert who is knowledgeable in a particular field. An Expert System is applied based on a bank of knowledge and a set of rules for applying the knowledge base to each particular situation that is described to the program.
Similarities
1. Both are systems designed to help define a possible outcome for the user.
2. Both systems get better as more information is imputed into their knowledge base.
Differences
1. ANN's can rely on explicit knowledge while ES's rely on implicit knowledge.
2. ANN's can solve more complex problems that other technologies cannot.
Artificial Neural Networks
1. What is an artificial neural network (ANN)?
An artificial neural network (ANN), often just called a "neural network" (NN), is a mathematical model or computational model based on biological neural networks. It consists of an interconnected group of artificial neurons and processes information using a connectionist approach to computation.
2. How to create an ANN model for a problem domain?
ANN's are created using a knowledge base about the problem. It then goes through different calculations to determine the desired output for the problem. After the knowledge base has been learned by the Neural Network it can make better decisions for the problem. If the ANN continually learns from more input into the knowledge base it has the potential to make even better decisions and make more accurate decisions for the problem.
3. How does ANN compare with expert systems? How do they differ from each other as knowledge management tools?
ANN's are important tools when explicit knowledge cannot be defined as implicit knowledge. Many Expert Systems use implicit knowledge to find the answer to any given problem. An ANN has taken hold as a system that can infer answers to problems with little implicit knowledge based on the explicit knowledge that it has.
An artificial neural network (ANN), often just called a "neural network" (NN), is a mathematical model or computational model based on biological neural networks. It consists of an interconnected group of artificial neurons and processes information using a connectionist approach to computation.
2. How to create an ANN model for a problem domain?
ANN's are created using a knowledge base about the problem. It then goes through different calculations to determine the desired output for the problem. After the knowledge base has been learned by the Neural Network it can make better decisions for the problem. If the ANN continually learns from more input into the knowledge base it has the potential to make even better decisions and make more accurate decisions for the problem.
3. How does ANN compare with expert systems? How do they differ from each other as knowledge management tools?
ANN's are important tools when explicit knowledge cannot be defined as implicit knowledge. Many Expert Systems use implicit knowledge to find the answer to any given problem. An ANN has taken hold as a system that can infer answers to problems with little implicit knowledge based on the explicit knowledge that it has.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
IN Class Blog
Today in my Knowledge Management class, I am going to define what we have been talking about for the last two class sessions.
1. What is an Expert system?
Many times and expert system is called Artificial Inelegance. An expert system is effectively a software program that helps an expert who is knowledgeable in a particular field. An Expert System is applied based on a bank of knowledge and a set of rules for applying the knowledge base to each particular situation that is described to the program.
2. What are some applications of Expert System Technologies?
Many of the applications currently in place for Expert System Technologies include; systems that help with the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the health care system, schedule modeling for factories, game design and simulation was one of the first uses of expert systems.
In many ways, the use of expert systems increases the usefulness of whoever/whatever is using the system. Examples include, loan approval, medicine subscription, human resources, process control and accounting.
3. What are some strengths/benefits to be obtained from ES technology?
ES is used to make better decisions based on programed rules to assist with the best decision possible. Some of the strengths/benefits include:
1. consistency in answering repetitive decisions and tasks
2. has a knowledge base that can be improved on based on how much information is stored and usable in the system
3. asks the same questions every time making sure that each question is answered
4. What are some weaknesses/limitations of ES technology?
ES technology has some weaknesses/limitations also. An ES makes the same decision based on the circumstances that it is presented with, even if this is not the best decision possible.
1. there is a lack of common sense and creativity that a human might have used to make decisions
2. some areas of expertise may not have enough quantifiable decision processes to make an accurate ES
3. if errors occur there is no way to see that an error has been made
__________________
Expert systems are a great resource if used in the right context and has the knowledge base it uses updated in a timely manner. Being that ES technology takes the human control out of the picture, it is advisable to have some sort of "overriding" decision support from a human interface as part of the ES technology.
1. What is an Expert system?
Many times and expert system is called Artificial Inelegance. An expert system is effectively a software program that helps an expert who is knowledgeable in a particular field. An Expert System is applied based on a bank of knowledge and a set of rules for applying the knowledge base to each particular situation that is described to the program.
2. What are some applications of Expert System Technologies?
Many of the applications currently in place for Expert System Technologies include; systems that help with the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the health care system, schedule modeling for factories, game design and simulation was one of the first uses of expert systems.
In many ways, the use of expert systems increases the usefulness of whoever/whatever is using the system. Examples include, loan approval, medicine subscription, human resources, process control and accounting.
3. What are some strengths/benefits to be obtained from ES technology?
ES is used to make better decisions based on programed rules to assist with the best decision possible. Some of the strengths/benefits include:
1. consistency in answering repetitive decisions and tasks
2. has a knowledge base that can be improved on based on how much information is stored and usable in the system
3. asks the same questions every time making sure that each question is answered
4. What are some weaknesses/limitations of ES technology?
ES technology has some weaknesses/limitations also. An ES makes the same decision based on the circumstances that it is presented with, even if this is not the best decision possible.
1. there is a lack of common sense and creativity that a human might have used to make decisions
2. some areas of expertise may not have enough quantifiable decision processes to make an accurate ES
3. if errors occur there is no way to see that an error has been made
__________________
Expert systems are a great resource if used in the right context and has the knowledge base it uses updated in a timely manner. Being that ES technology takes the human control out of the picture, it is advisable to have some sort of "overriding" decision support from a human interface as part of the ES technology.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
WoW Crack has more... Yeah
Yeah More Seige Vehicles Now in instances. I'm an adict and I admit it.
I'm iffy on this, but I LOVE the idea of duel - spec.
80 Holy Pally
and soon to be 80 DOT lock
I'm iffy on this, but I LOVE the idea of duel - spec.
80 Holy Pally
and soon to be 80 DOT lock
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
The funny side of Furniture
This is the death star of desks... I really want this now... not really if i had 7k I'd buy a car.
lolz
lolz
Thursday, February 12, 2009
BP and Knowledge Management
Briefly summarize how BP-AMOCO supports knowledge sharing, and then discuss what lesson(s) you learn from this case.
The Article is a fantastic explination of how Knowledge management can be used to accelerate the way a business can use it's knowledge resources like how BP uses a voluntary corporate Yellow Pages system, dubbed Connect, as the platform for making networks (known more commonly as communities of practice) visible. These Networks of people can be used in many ways from being a personal site for the employee that they can list accomplishments and abilities and some are classified as Delivery Networks and have budgets and responsibilities for delivering a product or result at the end of the year. To help them achieve their goals, Delivery Networks are equipped with a performance contract, including a budget, between the network and a senior leader who acts as a sponsor to advise and assist them.
BP uses the wide aray of what KM can do and it uses this to gain a competative advantage over their competition.
The Article is a fantastic explination of how Knowledge management can be used to accelerate the way a business can use it's knowledge resources like how BP uses a voluntary corporate Yellow Pages system, dubbed Connect, as the platform for making networks (known more commonly as communities of practice) visible. These Networks of people can be used in many ways from being a personal site for the employee that they can list accomplishments and abilities and some are classified as Delivery Networks and have budgets and responsibilities for delivering a product or result at the end of the year. To help them achieve their goals, Delivery Networks are equipped with a performance contract, including a budget, between the network and a senior leader who acts as a sponsor to advise and assist them.
BP uses the wide aray of what KM can do and it uses this to gain a competative advantage over their competition.
KM where u may never have found it. Blog 4 and 5!!!
After reading the article on Nucor Steel, what aspect of Nucor Steel impresses you the most? How so? Visit http://www.nucor.com/ to find some information that's related to your discussion.
Nucor steal used Knowledge management to improve their business model almost from the ground up. They keep employees because the employees feel that they make a difference in the company. In all actuality they do. There has been a tactic knowledge management system in place at Nucor that helps them increase profits, choose where to build new buildings, and many other incentives to their internal business.
Search on http://www.businessweek.com/ or any other websites for reports on Nucor Steel about their innovative ways of running businesses and managing people. Talk about anything that interests you.
The company has no official KM manager. It has made little use of electronic databases to try and store best practice procedures. Yet Nucor is well satisfied. It discovered that there is no substitute for systematic on-the-job learning found in KM practices.
On the Job information gathering is fantastic for companies. There does not need to be some expensive computer system involved to make Knowledge Management work.
Nucor steal used Knowledge management to improve their business model almost from the ground up. They keep employees because the employees feel that they make a difference in the company. In all actuality they do. There has been a tactic knowledge management system in place at Nucor that helps them increase profits, choose where to build new buildings, and many other incentives to their internal business.
Search on http://www.businessweek.com/ or any other websites for reports on Nucor Steel about their innovative ways of running businesses and managing people. Talk about anything that interests you.
The company has no official KM manager. It has made little use of electronic databases to try and store best practice procedures. Yet Nucor is well satisfied. It discovered that there is no substitute for systematic on-the-job learning found in KM practices.
On the Job information gathering is fantastic for companies. There does not need to be some expensive computer system involved to make Knowledge Management work.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I'm getting Married today
I'm excited. I can't wait, we both are happy.
We will be having a Reception soon and will invite anyone who will come. :-)
We will be having a Reception soon and will invite anyone who will come. :-)
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The funny side of Tech
This is going to be Japan's New Train!!! I want one with Mustard and Relish... Yummy.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
What makes Technology important for business
The main reason business is in business is to creat profit.
Technology is used to aid people in the company to maximize profit. Some ways technology can increase profit for a company.
1. Use technology to analize possible decisions that the company wants impliment.
-if the company has certain resources available to create a profit, Technology can be used to maximize this profit and minimize costs to the company.
-technology can help in deciding how many workers to staff in the company based on certain external variables.
2. Use technology to manage information and knowledge.
-the obvious example is database management.
-managing knowledge is also a perfect example of how technology be a manager. internal company blogging and company web site blogging can provide instant insite into the company.
3. communication has evolved because of the implimentation of technology also
-e-mail, instant messaging, cell phones, computers and many more
The biggest take away... Technology will now, always, have a roll in business. Get over it and adapt, learn, use it for your advantage.
Technology is used to aid people in the company to maximize profit. Some ways technology can increase profit for a company.
1. Use technology to analize possible decisions that the company wants impliment.
-if the company has certain resources available to create a profit, Technology can be used to maximize this profit and minimize costs to the company.
-technology can help in deciding how many workers to staff in the company based on certain external variables.
2. Use technology to manage information and knowledge.
-the obvious example is database management.
-managing knowledge is also a perfect example of how technology be a manager. internal company blogging and company web site blogging can provide instant insite into the company.
3. communication has evolved because of the implimentation of technology also
-e-mail, instant messaging, cell phones, computers and many more
The biggest take away... Technology will now, always, have a roll in business. Get over it and adapt, learn, use it for your advantage.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Knowledge vs Wisdom
Knowledge is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as (i) expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject, (ii) what is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information or (iii) awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation.
Wisdom is knowledge, understanding, experience, discretion, and intuitive understanding, along with a capacity to apply these qualities well towards finding solutions to problems.
So, Knowledge is what you learn and wisdom is how you use that knowledge.
The knowledge that is imparted at fine universities and institutions of education gives that person, people information that they can use in the real world.
The Wisdom to use that knowledge to obtain a job, get grants to fund projects and other productive objectives is something a professor, teacher cannot specifically teach their student.
Wisdom and knowledge are tied together and can be used together to create even bigger things. People receive recognition like the Nobel Peace Prize because they used their knowledge of something to do great and important things.
Wisdom is knowledge, understanding, experience, discretion, and intuitive understanding, along with a capacity to apply these qualities well towards finding solutions to problems.
So, Knowledge is what you learn and wisdom is how you use that knowledge.
The knowledge that is imparted at fine universities and institutions of education gives that person, people information that they can use in the real world.
The Wisdom to use that knowledge to obtain a job, get grants to fund projects and other productive objectives is something a professor, teacher cannot specifically teach their student.
Wisdom and knowledge are tied together and can be used together to create even bigger things. People receive recognition like the Nobel Peace Prize because they used their knowledge of something to do great and important things.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Resume???
It has to be perfect. You don't get a second shot. I'm in class and we are going over what and how resumes are important. Revision to come later.
D
D
Monday, January 26, 2009
Learning from Blogging
Personal, technical or business blogs can give you in site into many aspects of knowledge that may have not been understood or known before.
Personal blogs give people a window to the world of another person. This includes their feelings, experiences and other things that they are willing to share with the world. Creating personal blogs makes the writer look into themselves and gain a better understanding about what they value the most.
Technical blogs are a great way of learning up to date information about certain topics from professionals or knowledge experts on that subject. The data can be Biased and one sided, yet it has a great store of personal knowledge on any one particular set of information.
Business blogs are used within a corporation to keep all departments and individuals up to date on the knowledge that is available inside the company. There can also be a company web site blog that is updated by someone inside the company to tell the public about what is going on inside the company, including new contracts, charities, company outings and many other things.
The use of blogs is informative and can provide knowledge that may have been lost if not written down for all to see. There is a lot to learn from blogs and blogging, so get to it.
D
Personal blogs give people a window to the world of another person. This includes their feelings, experiences and other things that they are willing to share with the world. Creating personal blogs makes the writer look into themselves and gain a better understanding about what they value the most.
Technical blogs are a great way of learning up to date information about certain topics from professionals or knowledge experts on that subject. The data can be Biased and one sided, yet it has a great store of personal knowledge on any one particular set of information.
Business blogs are used within a corporation to keep all departments and individuals up to date on the knowledge that is available inside the company. There can also be a company web site blog that is updated by someone inside the company to tell the public about what is going on inside the company, including new contracts, charities, company outings and many other things.
The use of blogs is informative and can provide knowledge that may have been lost if not written down for all to see. There is a lot to learn from blogs and blogging, so get to it.
D
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Knowledge Management Strategies
I'm sitting in class realizing that I need to seek out knowledge from outside sources to gain a better understanding of how it is used in business.
I came across an article from the Harvard Business Review. The article i found is on page 322, or chapter 50. It goes over the tactics that can be used in businesses to manage the knowledge they are obtaining from their employees.
The first one is Codification Knowledge Management. This is refered as a "person-to-document" strategy. It is used to compile and Reuse information. Many times this is refered as explicit knowlege.
The second one is Personalization Knowledge Management. This is refered as a "person-to-person" strategy. It is used where people teach other people and no "documentation" is used. This is refered to as tactic knowlege management.
I came across an article from the Harvard Business Review. The article i found is on page 322, or chapter 50. It goes over the tactics that can be used in businesses to manage the knowledge they are obtaining from their employees.
The first one is Codification Knowledge Management. This is refered as a "person-to-document" strategy. It is used to compile and Reuse information. Many times this is refered as explicit knowlege.
The second one is Personalization Knowledge Management. This is refered as a "person-to-person" strategy. It is used where people teach other people and no "documentation" is used. This is refered to as tactic knowlege management.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Jobs while in School!!!
I posted that I'm going back to school to get my second degree. I've gone to most of my classes and now am looking for work while I am in school finishing my classes. Now that I've been to most of my classes and have a bearing on what my classes are going to be like. I need to find a Job.
The type of job I need is one that is flexible enough to let me take my classes, while pays good enough that I don't have to work 50 hours a week to pay the bills.
I'm going to start by looking for Night work and also server work.
I have already started searching online with some of the bigger job sites and also searched at some of the job banks with MTSU. I now need to expand my search because there is so little response from those so far.
Thanks for reading
D
The type of job I need is one that is flexible enough to let me take my classes, while pays good enough that I don't have to work 50 hours a week to pay the bills.
I'm going to start by looking for Night work and also server work.
I have already started searching online with some of the bigger job sites and also searched at some of the job banks with MTSU. I now need to expand my search because there is so little response from those so far.
Thanks for reading
D
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Who am I?
My name Is Dustin Eatock.
I'm in school at the moment getting my second degree in Computer Information Systems. As a part of a project for my Knowledge Management Systems Class I am going to start a Blog.
I have tried before with the myspace blogging... but it was an epic fail.
Here goes again...
Se ya Soon.
D
I'm in school at the moment getting my second degree in Computer Information Systems. As a part of a project for my Knowledge Management Systems Class I am going to start a Blog.
I have tried before with the myspace blogging... but it was an epic fail.
Here goes again...
Se ya Soon.
D
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