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Knowledge Solutions

Handy, quick reference guides to tools, methods, and approaches that propel development forward and enhance its effects.

 

June 2009
Learning Lessons with Knowledge Audits
Knowledge from evaluations will not be used effectively if the specific organizational context, knowledge, and relationships of evaluation agencies, and the external environment they face, are not dealt with in an integrated and coherent manner. Knowledge management can shed light on this and related initiatives can catalyze and facilitate identification, creation, storage, sharing, and use of lessons. (No. 51 | June 2009)

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Wearing Six Thinking Hats
The difference between poor and effective teams lies not so much in their collective mental equipment but in how well they use their abilities to think together. The Six Thinking Hats technique helps actualize the thinking potential of teams. (No. 50 | June 2009)

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Understanding and Developing Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence describes an ability, capacity, skill, or self-perceived ability to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. The theory is enjoying considerable support in the literature and has had successful applications in many domains. (No. 49 | June 2009)

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Learning and Development for Management
The insights, attitudes, and skills that equip managers for their various responsibilities come from many sources outside formal education or training. To identify areas for improvement, it is first necessary to identify what these responsibilities are. (No. 48 | June 2009)

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