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Knowledge Tools
Knowledge Solutions 
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Handy, quick reference guides to tools, methods, and approaches that propel development forward and enhance its effects.
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Culture Theory
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Culture theory strengthens the expectation that markets work, not because they are comprised of autonomous individuals who are free of social sanctions but because
they are powered by social beings and their distinctive
ideas, beliefs, values, and knowledge. It can contribute
to understanding and promoting development where group relationships predominate and individualism
is tempered. (No. 22 | December 2008)
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Appreciative Inquiry
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Appreciative inquiry is the process of facilitating positive change in organizations. Its basic assumption is uncomplicated: every organization has something that works well. Appreciative inquiry is therefore an exciting generative approach to organizational development. At a higher level, it is also a way of being and seeing. (No. 21 | December 2008)
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The Reframing Matrix
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Everyone sees things differently--knowledge often lies in the eye of the beholder. The reframing matrix enables different perspectives to be generated and used in management processes. It expands the number of options for solving a problem. (No. 20 | November 2008)
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Action Learning
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Action learning is a structured method that enables small groups to work regularly and collectively on complicated
problems, take action, and learn as individuals and as a team while doing so. (No. 19 | November 2008)
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Notions of Knowledge Management
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Knowledge management is getting the right knowledge to the right people at the right time, and helping them (with incentives) to apply it in ways that strive to improve
organizational performance. (No. 18 | November 2008)
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