Archive for the 'Knowledge Management' Category

SAP’s Reporting and Analytics 2008 just concluded here in Las Vegas.  Finally, SAP has well-communicated to its Solution Partners and the User Community its technology roadmap after the controversial acquisition of Outlooksoft last year and recently Business Objects (BOBj), formerly referred as BO.  Contrary to its position a few years back, SAP has followed suit with that of Oracle’s strategy in growing its product portfolio - through acquisition [...]


JUMP START!

18Nov08

Dennis Jumpstarting another book . . .
========================
JUMP START
a technopreneurship fable
by Dennis Posadas
Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008

Dear Friends,
My new book, Jump Start – a technopreneurship fable, is a fictional business fable about a returnee scientist named Rajin who embarks on a technology venture. He discovers (along with his wife Silvia) that things are not as easy [...]


Mostly my business trips are within the asia pacific region and having been to the same country more than twice i seldom prepare for these trips. Just grab my luggage and print my ticket first thing in the morning (my wife takes care of whatever i can find inside my good for 3-days suitcase, Millie [...]


A T’mate from KSA provided the batch with this article from a local paper;
Imagine a World without Filipinos
“We have to remember that we are very much dependent on the Filipinos around us. We could die a slow death if they choose to leave us.”

1, 019,577 workers in Saudi Arabia
20% of the world seafarers – 1.2M [...]


A year ago we posted the list of training schedule from Philrice — http://tmdefinition.wordpress.com/2007/01/10/how-to-grow-the-rice-that-we-eat-philrice-training-courses/. After inquiries and a year later where we now experience shortage in supply, i got a reply from yet another TM ‘mate Glen Ilar, who’s in charge of the training portfolio. He’s a Senior Science Research Specialist at the Philippine Rice [...]


Prof. Apin Talisayon is looking for an Oracle expert for developing an electronic payroll system. The opportunity is open for part time consulting engagement. Interested? Just leave a comment with your email and I’ll send Prof. Apin’s contact.
I consider Prof Apin as  my Knowledge Management (KM) mentor – Philippine’s father of KM!. He’s my professor [...]


Dennis Posadas is working on a new book — Jump Start! A Technopreneurship Business Fable, and a sampler is available in PDF format: http://www.geocities.com/dennisposadas/js-sample.pdf. Dennis is the author of Rice & Chips: Technopreneurship and Innovation in Asia which was posted here when it was first ’sold from the trunk of his car’, now it’s available to [...]


from TESDA webpages: http://www.tesda.gov.ph/page.asp?rootID=9&sID=109&pID=9 
If you are a fresh high school graduate or if you are employed but ready for a career change, underemployed, or unemployed with or without experience, and willing to undergo training, here is your chance to build a promising career.
THE PROJECT HAS TWO OBJECTIVES:
To provide skills and competencies to job seekers through [...]


Dear Colleagues
The Philippine Development Assistance Programme (PDAP) Inc., a partner of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), is currently looking for a Knowledge Management Officer.
We are pleased to share with you the attached Terms of Reference for this project staff position containing the project description and the detailed scope of work.
Interested applicants must submit their [...]


Last night I attended the monthly meet-up of KMAP at the Dome Cafe, Podium Mall Pasig. The regulars, Apin ‘the KM guru’, Vic of SGV DDI and Daan of ADB were there. Apin was our professor in Knowledge Management at the UP Technology Management Center where i’m still taking up my postgrad. I also met new friends Veronica - a freelance writer, Kristina [...]