Notice of meeting:
The Creativity Consortium
Topic:
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The Knowing Organization
Date:
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Thursday Nov 26, 1998
(Note change in date from a Wed to Thursday)
6:30 registration
7:15 talk
Ontario Club, 5th Floor Commerce Court South, corner of Bay and Wellington,
just south of King.
Toronto, Ontario
Speaker
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Chun Wei Choo, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Information
Science, University of Toronto will present a concise overview of the
knowing organization, highlighting the ways that people in
organizations use information.
Prof Choo is the author of: the Knowing Organization: How organizations
use information to construct meaning, create knowledge
and make decisions
An organization uses information strategically in three arenas: to
make sense of change in its environment; to create new knowledge for
innovation; and to make decisions about courses of action. These
apparently distinct processes are in fact complementary pieces of a
larger canvas, and the information behaviors analyzed in each approach
interweave into a richer explanation of information use in
organizations. Through sensemaking, people in an organization give
meaning to the events and actions of the organization. Through
knowledge creation, the insights of individuals are converted into
knowledge that can be used to design new products or improve
performance. Finally, in decision making, understanding and knowledge
are focused on the selection of and commitment to an appropriate course
of action."
Cost:
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$40 guests,
$30 members
$20 for full time students with ID
RSVP
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Please call (416- 588-11222) or email the Creativity Consortium
if you are coming by Wed Nov 25
Walter Derzko
Director Brain Space
(formerly the Idea Lab at
the Design Exchange)
Toronto
(416) 588-1122
wderzko@pathcom.com