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The aim of this paper is to identify the benefits of an improved Knowledge Management (KM) strategy for a small/medium‐sized professional services firm. The research examined how the three epistemological views (cognitivistic, connectionistic and autopoietic) influenced the management and use of organizational knowledge via the company intranet.
The Intranet Evaluation Model (Skok and Kalmanovitch, 2005) was selected to evaluate the company's KM strategy and was extended to emphasize group, cultural and external aspects. Knowledge Evaluation Maps were used to present findings in a revealing graphical display. The results indicated that the company's KM strategy should focus on the high‐value tacit knowledge of experts, develop the intranet in a connectionistic form, build upon existing knowledge activities and initiate more group activities. A knowledge steward should be appointed to motivate management and staff, and to overcome possible barriers to management buy‐in and a knowledge silo culture.
Furthermore, it was found that for small/medium‐sized professional service firms, knowledge can be used as the enabler of competitive advantage but that the epistemologies within the firm should be considered when evaluating a KM strategy.
Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Reforming Renewal -- 2. Black Utopia -- 3. Own a Piece of the Block -- 4. The Urban Homestead in the Age of Fiscal Crisis -- 5. Managing Change -- 6. Making Markets Uptown -- Conclusion: Between the Two Harlems -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Appendix: Oral History Transcripts -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to support speech language pathologists (SLPs) undertaking assessments of multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders, particularly children who speak languages that are not shared with their SLP. Method: The tutorial was written by the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech, which comprises 46 researchers (SLPs, linguists, phoneticians, and speech scientists) who have worked in 43 countries and used 27 languages in professional practice. Seventeen panel members met for a 1-day workshop to identify key points for inclusion in the tutorial, 26 panel members contributed to writing this tutorial, and 34 members contributed to revising this tutorial online (some members contributed tomore than 1 task). Results: This tutorial draws on international research evidence and professional expertise to provide a comprehensive overview of working with multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders. This overview addresses referral, case history, assessment, analysis, diagnosis, and goal setting and the SLP's cultural competence and preparation for working with interpreters and multicultural support workers and dealing with organizational and government barriers to and facilitators of culturally competent practice. Conclusion: The issues raised in this tutorial are applied in a hypothetical case study of an English-speaking SLP's assessment of a multilingual Cantonese-and English-speaking 4-year-old boy. Resources are listed throughout the tutorial.

Purpose The aim of this tutorial is to support speech-language pathologists (SLPs) undertaking assessments of multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders, particularly children who speak languages that are not shared with their SLP. ; Method The tutorial was written by the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech, which comprises 46 researchers (SLPs, linguists, phoneticians, and speech scientists) who have worked in 43 countries and used 27 languages in professional practice. Seventeen panel members met for a 1-day workshop to identify key points for inclusion in the tutorial, 26 panel members contributed to writing this tutorial, and 34 members contributed to revising this tutorial online (some members contributed to more than 1 task). ; Results This tutorial draws on international research evidence and professional expertise to provide a comprehensive overview of working with multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders. This overview addresses referral, case history, assessment, analysis, diagnosis, and goal setting and the SLP's cultural competence and preparation for working with interpreters and multicultural support workers and dealing with organizational and government barriers to and facilitators of culturally competent practice. ; Conclusion The issues raised in this tutorial are applied in a hypothetical case study of an English-speaking SLP's assessment of a multilingual Cantonese- and English-speaking 4-year-old boy. Resources are listed throughout the tutorial. ; peer-reviewed

Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to support speech language pathologists (SLPs) undertaking assessments of multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders, particularly children who speak languages that are not shared with their SLP. Method: The tutorial was written by the International Expert Panel on Multilingual Children's Speech, which comprises 46 researchers (SLPs, linguists, phoneticians, and speech scientists) who have worked in 43 countries and used 27 languages in professional practice. Seventeen panel members met for a 1-day workshop to identify key points for inclusion in the tutorial, 26 panel members contributed to writing this tutorial, and 34 members contributed to revising this tutorial online (some members contributed tomore than 1 task). Results: This tutorial draws on international research evidence and professional expertise to provide a comprehensive overview of working with multilingual children with suspected speech sound disorders. This overview addresses referral, case history, assessment, analysis, diagnosis, and goal setting and the SLP's cultural competence and preparation for working with interpreters and multicultural support workers and dealing with organizational and government barriers to and facilitators of culturally competent practice. Conclusion: The issues raised in this tutorial are applied in a hypothetical case study of an English-speaking SLP's assessment of a multilingual Cantonese-and English-speaking 4-year-old boy. Resources are listed throughout the tutorial. ; Australian Research Council: FT0990588 ; United States Department of Health & Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA NIH National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)