1.1. Definition of intellectual capital and a brief history of IC management Before someone can measure something‚ he/she has to know what to count. So how should intellectual capital be defined? A universally accepted definition is the first step toward standardization‚ but still it is hard to find the best one for "intellectual capital". In this section I ’ll define intellectual capital and study the history of its development. Intellectual capital is knowledge that can be exploited for
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Intellectual capital-Tomorrow’s assets‚ today’s challenge Executive summary Abstract This report has the following objectives: Defining the intellectual capital; exploring how to change the tacit knowledge into intellectual knowledge; suggesting how to turn intellectual capital into revenue; highlighting the intellectual management in enterprises. With increasing emphasis on that intellectual property is the greatest asset‚ this report also investigates the ways to protect intellectual capital
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Andrew March 6‚ 2007 Intellectual Property What is intellectual property? Intellectual property is the right to protect inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ symbols‚ names‚ and images that come from the mind. Intellectual property laws give individuals the exclusive rights to patent his/her own ideas. In the article "Copyright Crusaders" by: David Gibson‚ David Gibson talks about three claimants who all copyrighted their versions of the same idea. The idea was the "footprints in the
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change in the identification of a person experiencing Mental Retardation to the term Intellectual Disability. There are several types of Cognitive Functions from mild to severe that coincide to people who have some form of Intellectual Disability that are viewed. The test of a person IQ is one of the main assessments that are used to diagnose a person experiencing an Intellectual Disability. People with Intellectual Disabilities experience Cognitive difficulties in: memory‚ reading‚ math‚ visual‚ speech
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NATURE OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY Intellectual Disability (ID) is also known as “Mental Retardation” (MR). The term MR was replaced to the term ID by the doctors‚ professionals and health care practitioners because of the undesirable or negative connotation in our society. In 2010‚ President Obama signed the S. 2781 (111th): Rosa’s Law‚ A bill to change references in Federal law to mental retardation to references to an intellectual disability‚ and to change references to a mentally retarded
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Intellectual health comes from mental stimulation and what we get out of our work‚ school and other hobbies that we take part of. To begin an intellectually healthy life we must first have the desire to learn more and have an overall interest in what is going on around us. Every human being has the desire to know‚ but what’s more important is how we go about that. At a young age school teaches us that we must gain all the knowledge we can in order to be successful‚ therefore making school the first
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Time 8.50 am /setting in the classroom on the registration table-register Michael sits on the table with his arms folded; he listens attentively for his name to be called out as the teacher does the register. When Michaels name is called out he puts his right hand up and says “Morning Miss Bowden”. Michael leans over the table and takes out a pencil from the stationary box (which is in the middle of the table)‚ using his right hand. Time 9.05 am / setting in the classroom on the registration tables-
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Intellectual Disabilities Throughout the history of mankind it has been noted that no person is the same. Everybody is unique in their own way shape or form. However some people differ from the average humans from rare disorders or illnesses which separate them from living a normal life. Did you know one in five Americans experienced some sort of mental illness in 2010‚ according to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration? About 5 percent of Americans have
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and scope of enquiry‚ purpose of social and political enquiry‚ and the distinct area of intellectual endeavor (Burchill et al 2005). While current efforts are being made across the globe to expand the frontiers of the discipline from the
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of a teacher / educator you consider to be a public intellectual and explain why. During this assignment I am going to do a case study on a person I consider to be a public intellectual. There are a number of discourses surrounding the ideology of what it means to be a public intellect. In regards to this essay I will be defining a public intellect in accordance with Gramsci view of an organic intellectual as‚ ‘the function of the intellectual is to help the oppressed understand their own exploitative
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