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UNCONVENTIONAL KNOWLEDGE:

With QUOTATIONS FROM @BRINT WEB SITE
By
Mario deSantis, July 12, 1998. (URL: http://www.brint.com/newswire.htm)
Thomas Stewart
At this time of rapid technological and economic changes, I am developing a strong aversion to conventional wisdom. The global economy and the World Wide Web have broken down the conventional law of economics and have reinforced our economic and cultural interdependences (re: "Intellectual Capital", by Thomas Stewart, Doubleday / Currency, 1997). Our knowledge and economic products/services don't depreciate anymore as they become more abundant, and intellectual capital is becoming a more relevant resource than "brick and mortar".

intellectual capital is becoming a more relevant resource than "brick and mortar"

Michael Porter
Last year, I approached Ms. Lynne Pearson, Dean of Commerce at the University of Saskatchewan, and in submitting my paper "Coping with changes: an overview of the Learning Organization, Knowledge Economy and current practices in Information Technology applications" I suggested that changes could be provided to the curriculums of management and organizational courses. In particular, I made references to the works of Peter Senge (re: "The Fifth Discipline", by Peter M. Senge, Currency Doubleday, 1990, Paperback Edition: October 1994) and Michael Porter (re: "Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors", The Free Press, 60th reprint 1998). The response of Ms. Pearson was to return my paper and in her accompanying letter she mentioned that the university curriculums are revised in accordance to established criteria satisfying the related needs.

"university curriculums
are revised in
accordance to
established criteria
satisfying the
related needs."
U of S Dean of Commerce