In the pursuit of knowledge, differing views affect the knowledge someone gains and how the knowledge is pursed. Personal along with shared knowledge contributes to the perspective and judgment a person has. Personal knowledge is acquired through individualized experiences while shared knowledge is received by someone or something else. The difference between personal and shared knowledge is "what I know" and "what we know". The knower uses personal and shared knowledge as a basis for the viewpoints
However, it s our responsibility to discern what information and by extension knowledge we not only retain, but develop. What assists us in this independent endeavour is our personal perception and understanding of the views we encounter, as well as the society’s we dwell in - that is if we allow the latter to affect our decision-making of course. The quotation above goes on to provide one of many motivating factors in a knowers’ pursuit of knowledge - his or her perspective. As the perspective is that
It is often implied that one should consider applications from “all perspectives” prior to thoroughly evaluating a situation. The intention of this appraisal process is mainly to eliminate potential bias within or even across areas of discipline. In the given prompt, I believe that disciplines can be referred to as the areas of knowledge within Theory of Knowledge. Of course within these areas of knowledge lie the multiple ways of knowing. Yet, for one to complete such a progression, a common groundwork
trouble. Kitty was raped too, and her story stimulated a massive programme of experimental social psychological research into the apparent paradox – that the more people who witness an event like this, the less likely it will be that any one of them will do anything about it. This came to be called the ‘diffusion of responsibility’ effect (about which you can learn more in Chapter 11). You may be shocked to learn that this story as told by Latané and Darley (and numerous textbook writers who followed on
. Organization Theory Challenges and Perspectives John McAuley, Joanne Duberley and Phil Johnson . This book is, to my knowledge, the most comprehensive and reliable guide to organisational theory currently available. What is needed is a text that will give a good idea of the breadth and complexity of this important subject, and this is precisely what McAuley, Duberley and Johnson have provided. They have done some sterling service in bringing together the very diverse strands of work
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