Volume IV, Number 1
March 2000

For Current And Emerging Thought Leaders And Senior Management

Features
THE KNOWLEDGE-CREATING HRIS: LEARNING TO LIVE IN THE MESSY WORLD OF WORK
By Robert H. Stambaugh
8
  KNOWING IN COMMUNITY:
TEN CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS IN BUILDING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
By Richard McDermott, Ph.D.
19
  
MAKING CONNECTIONS
By Chris Collison
27
THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANISATIONS
IN EFFECTIVE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES
By Deborah L. Furey
32
ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE AS A WEB APPLICATION
By Gary L. Durbin
38
MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES KNOWLEDGE: A FRAMEWORK FOR RESULTS
By Tod Loofbourrow
43
CONVERSATION WITH TOM DAVENPORT
By Robert H. Stambaugh
51
Departments  
FROM THE Editors
By Carl C. Hoffmann, Ph.D. and Karen V. Beaman
AN OVERVIEW OF ARTICLES IN THE ISSUE
3
VISIONS OF THE FUTURE: HRIS — AS EASY AS BAKING A CAKE
By Robert H. Stambaugh
6
ON THE KNOWLEDGE FRONTIER: YOU CAN BUILD IT, BUT WILL THEY COME?
By George M.Alliger and Scott I.Tannenbaum
80
WORKING IN THE CONNECTED WORLD: BOOK NETWORK
By Valdis Krebs
87
EXECUTIVES VIEWS ON HR TECHNOLOGY: SKIP CULBERTSON
By Jay R. Stright
91
LEGAL UPDATE: UNITED STATES: THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTION UNDER THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
By Edward Lee Isler, Esq.
95
LEGAL UPDATE: EUROPE: IT’S GOOD TO TALK
By Phil Jones
98
HRIS CASE STUDY: LEADING THE RACE
By Joel R. Lapointe
101
BOOK REVIEWS
By Valdis Krebs
105
EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES
108
INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES  
INTRODUCTION
By Brian Kimball
55
NORTH AMERICA: SCIENCE, CENTURIONS AND MODERN AMERICAN BUSINESS
By Carl C. Hoffmann, Ph.D.
57
CANADA: POSITIONED FOR SUCCESS
By Ian Turnbull
61
EUROPE: THE INVISIBLE LANDSCAPES OF EUROPE
By Jackie Penticost
65
AUSTRALASIA: ASP GROWTH IN THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET AND SOME NEW LEGISLATION
By John Macy
69
ASIA: JAPAN — DEALING WITH THE NEW REALITIES
By Yumiko Christine Yokoi
72
AFRICA: THE LIGHTS STAYED ON! (NOW WE NEED TO LEARN TO USE THEM...)
By Philip Booth
76
LATIN AMERICA: CONFLICTS ARISING OUT OF SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
By Julián Arturo de Diego
78
   
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