Michael Hoyle, currently Project Manager and Lead Researcher at the International Records Management Trust. This is a London-based NGO which concerns itself with helping developing countries establish electronic records-keeping tools and wrestling with the obstacles that are related to this endeavor. (more…)
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Building integrity for accountability in public information systems: Research from Africa and South Asia
May 30, 2008Rise of the Net-Native Class
October 3, 2007Welcome back to a new school year. We are now resuming regular meetings and corresponding blog reports on each conversation.
The “Net Native”
Bob presented preliminary work on the rise of the “Digital Native” or “Net Native” and their impact on the workplace. There is a new class of employees on the rise. They have particular characteristics that are different from employees before and are conflicting with existing work practices and other structures. These people are the “Digital Natives” or “Net Natives”.
Bob’s group has begun to investigate the characteristics of these people and to model their impact on knowledge management in the company structure.
During this research conversation, a majority of the audience’s questions challenged Bob on the scope of his generalizations and relevance of his focus on “Net Native”. This summary will briefly summarize Bob’s findings and then summarize the discussion. I encourage you to chime in via comments.
