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  DEVELOPING A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT

  The project is an extension of the project “Corporate Knowledge as a Strategic Resource and Factor in the Competitive Struggle” implemented by our team. The examination of large- and medium-sized Bulgarian businesses has verified the key conclusion of the preceding study – businesses are aware of the strategic nature of knowledge, but they do not ... The project is an extension of the project “Corporate Knowledge as a Strategic Resource and Factor in the Competitive Struggle” implemented by our team. The examination of large- and medium-sized Bulgarian businesses has verified the key conclusion of the preceding study – businesses are aware of the strategic nature of knowledge, but they do not have at their disposal operational systems for their management. Furthermore, a portion of them do not take an interest in this managerial conception and others do not have a clear vision how to manage the accrued knowledge in the business. This project reviews various outlooks on the nature, objectives, approaches and tools for managing knowledge in the business. It was established that among theoreticians as well as among practitioners there is no unanimity with regard to how corporate knowledge should be managed. Every business, depending on its specifics, (size, corporate culture, manner of management, available information technologies, etc…) as well as on the magnitude and nature of knowledge at its disposal may apply one or another approach for managing this knowledge. Guided by its own understanding the team proposes a model for knowledge management, which can be used as a basis for developing particular corporate systems for knowledge management.

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  EVALUATION OF THE STUDENTS INFORMATION NEEDS IN “D. A. TSENOV” ACADEMY OF ECONOMICS

  Progress of society is in strong connection with generation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge. Leading role in this process should have the educational institutions. The quality of higher education is influenced by such factors as: the student’s potential, competence and motivation of the faculty, quality and quantity of the equipment. This ... Progress of society is in strong connection with generation, accumulation and sharing of knowledge. Leading role in this process should have the educational institutions. The quality of higher education is influenced by such factors as: the student’s potential, competence and motivation of the faculty, quality and quantity of the equipment. This study is focused on the third component, in particular, on the equipment of educational process with modern information technologies. Emphases in the study are two: (a) structuring the needs of internet resources of students in the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics and (b) evaluating the potential spread of wireless internet among the student community. Results indicate that students are among the most active users of internet, mobile computers and wireless internet technologies. Students’ satisfaction with the internet resources, supplied in the Tsenov Academy of Economics is relatively low. The main recommendation for increasing the level of satisfaction is expanding the existing wireless internet network, thereby ensuring more reliable, more stable and faster data traffic.

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  SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS IN A VIRTUAL COLLABORATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

  The present study is focused on the social network analysis and its opportunities for identification and analysis of virtual social structures that emerge in the process of education. The social world and the relative position of the individual members and cliques within the social network is investigated and described, based on empirical data for ... The present study is focused on the social network analysis and its opportunities for identification and analysis of virtual social structures that emerge in the process of education. The social world and the relative position of the individual members and cliques within the social network is investigated and described, based on empirical data for online interactions (private messages and postings in course forums) between 901 actors (including 14 teachers, 2 administrators and 885 students) emerging in the learning environment of the elective course “Business communications in foreign language”. This can help in better understanding and managing of their behavior in the process of collaborative learning.