Are you ready to learn something new? The 2nd volume in the Knowledge Stew Guide series continues the quest to find the most interesting facts in the world. Take a journey through topics that range from science, history, and geography to food, entertainment, and business and learn the facts behind the facts. Discover things you might not have known about the moon, or why we're taller in the morning and shorter at night. Find out about a strange amusement park, a secret vault at Mt. Rushmore, or the world's most expensive coffee. These things, plus plenty more, are waiting for your brain to take them in. Just don't forget your spoon. For even more facts, check out Volume 1 of Knowledge Stew: The Guide to the Most Interesting Facts in the World.

Fresh and New Knowledge Stew. All the Facts Behind the Facts. The quest for knowledge continues in the 3rd volume of the popular series, Knowledge Stew: The Guide to the Most Interesting Facts in the World. Discover the facts behind the facts in this new and exciting edition, and learn the answers to some of these all-important questions. What's one of the most difficult tests in the world? What's the problem with space junk? Why are shoes called sneakers? What book seemed to predict the sinking of the Titanic? What event made the Mona Lisa famous? Why is a ship's speed measured in knots? Why do fingers and toes prune up after being in water? What is the darkest material in the world? Why is Kentucky Fried Chicken so popular in Japan on Christmas Day? The answers to these questions, plus loads of more facts, are waiting for you. So sit back, put your feet up, and enjoy a generous helping of Knowledge Stew.

A Feast of Facts Are you ready to take your brain on a journey of discovery? The 4th volume of Knowledge Stew is your ticket as it continues where the other volumes left off. Learn the facts behind some of the world's most interesting facts, buff up on your trivia skills, or just sit back and enjoy the escape. In this volume you will learn about: the airline of area 51, Henry Ford's connection to charcoal, the world's most peaceful land dispute, how much salt is in the ocean, the origin of the paparazzi, nature's smelliest plant, and why maple syrup is like gold in Canada, plus much, much, more.

Did you know about the time Elvis met secretly with Nixon? Or why the Great Lakes are so Great? Did you know about a fire from 1962 that has never stopped? Or why some countries drive on the left side of the road? These are just some of the questions, along with the answers, in Knowledge Stew: The Guide to the Most Interesting Facts in the World. This fun fact guide will take you through topics ranging from food to science, and geography to history, with loads of random facts in-between. Improve your knowledge and find things you've never heard before, or learn the facts behind the facts you already knew. So sit back, grab a spoon, and help yourself to a heaping bowl of Knowledge Stew.

The Fraunhofer Competence Center Knowledge Management presents in this second edition its up-dated and extended research results. In doing so it describes best practices in knowledge management from leading companies and shows how to integrate such activities into the daily business tasks and processes, how to motivate people and which capabilities and skills are required. It concludes with an overview of the leading knowledge management projects in several European countries.

Information and knowledge have fundamentally transformed the way businesses and social institutions work. Knowledge management promises concepts and instruments that help organizations to create an environment supportive of knowledge creation, sharing and application. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are often regarded as the enabler for knowledge management initiatives. The book presents an almost encyclopedic treatise of the facets, concepts and theories that have influenced knowledge management and the state of practice concerning strategy, organization, systems and economics. The second edition updates the material to cover the most recent developments in ICT-supported knowledge management. The book particularly provides a more in-depth coverage of its theoretical foundation including a new account of knowledge work, discusses the potentials and challenges of process-oriented knowledge management, adds a new chapter on modelling that plays an important role in knowledge management initiatives and contrasts architectures for centralized and distributed or peer-to-peer knowledge management systems.