SUSAN GARY LANDRY: THAT OLD WITCHDOCTOR'S WIFE ABOUT TO DIE..?

A warranty deed is a type of deed where the grantor (seller) guarantees that he or she holds clear title to a piece of real estate and has a right to sell it to the grantee (buyer). This is in contrast to a quitclaim deed, where the seller does not guarantee that he or she holds title to a piece of real estate. A general warranty deed protects the grantee against title defects arising at any point in time, extending back to the property's origins. A special warranty deed protects the grantee only against title defects arising from the actions or omissions of the grantor.

Because of this lack of warranty, quitclaim deeds are most often used to transfer property between family members, as gifts, placing personal property into a business entity (and vice versa) or in other special or unique circumstances. Quitclaim deeds are rarely used to transfer property from seller to buyer in a traditional property sale; in most cases, the grantor and grantee have an existing relationship, or the grantor and grantee are the same person.

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 (Not sure these two Susan's are one and the same.)

Rev. Susan Gary Landry

Senior Pastor

 Welcome to Mt. Zion,

 Welcome Home!

Mt. Zion is an open, diverse, and energetic place for all who want to learn more about Jesus Christ and grow
 closer through worship, service, and fellowship. Our congregation is a family that is dedicated to putting faith and love into action.

We would love to help you find your place at Mt. Zion and we look forward to seeing you in church!

For any questions or more information you may contact us by:

Telephone: 770-971-1465
Email: church.office@mtzionumc.org
1770 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30062

2013

Clergy Financial Support Report


North Georgia Conference, UMC

Rev Susan G. Landry 
AMAR (Dst), 
$72,000 ( Salary + Utilities), $3,000 (Reimb.),  $75,000 (Total),  $34,000 (Housing Allow)
 Mt Zion UMC Marietta  (Charge), 
2,442 (Mbrs)

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"We do not listen to religious talk from anyone, let alone invite them into our home.  We do not do that with you.  We share our faith with people who ask questions of us and our religious convictions.  You had no questions for Janet, only pressing her to agree with your doctrine."

~(George Robert Gary, Sr. ThD)~

Wish I knew what that "doctrine" was that I was pressing Janet Gary to agree with me.

The only one I'm able thinking of that might be considered a doctrine would be:

IT'S NOT GOSSIP IF TRUE..? 

ZOMBIE SOCK MONKEY RAG SPINNING

SPANKY AND OUR GANG: I LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU

This afternoon a man, someone who regularly jogs down my street, suggested this song for me.  

This gentleman, 

a Buddhist he claims,

one of the very few who will even acknowledge me as he jogs down sidewalk in front of my home as I'm either blowing bubbles at the afternoon Emory traffic or flag dancing.  

Today I was wearing an orange State Penitentiary Top over the Zombie Sock Monkey outfit while flag dancing.  There were lots of people taking pictures or recording the event.

Maybe this will start some Internet Chatter.

Except for one woman driving a red car and blaring her horns, twice having made a u-turn; 

otherwise uneventful day.

The 'True' Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A guy named Bob May, depressed and brokenhearted, stared out his drafty apartment window into the chilling December night. His 4-year-old daughter Barbara sat on his lap quietly sobbing.

Bobs wife, Evelyn, was dying of cancer. Little Barbara couldn't understand why her mommy could never come home. Barbara looked up into her dads eyes and asked, "

Why isn't Mommy just like everybody else's Mommy?"

The 'True' Story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: But the story doesn't end there either. Bob's brother-in-law, Johnny Marks, made a song adaptation to Rudolph. Though the song was turned down by such popular vocalists as Bing Crosby and Dinah Shore , it was recorded by the singing cowboy, Gene Autry. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was released in 1949 and became a phenomenal success, selling more records than any other Christmas song, with the exception of "White Christmas." The gift of love that Bob May create d for his daughter so long ago kept on returning back to bless him again and again. And Bob May learned the lesson, just like his dear friend Rudolph, that being different isn't so bad. In fact, being different can be a blessing.





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note:

RON_CREATES

Global oncology spending reached $100 billion in 2014 Medical News Today

Global oncology spending reached $100 billion in 2014 Medical News Today: "The increased prevalence of most cancers, earlier treatment initiation, new medicines and improved outcomes are all contributing to the greater demand for oncology therapeutics around the world," says Murray Aitken, IMS Health senior vice president and executive director of the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, who produced the new report.

One of the report's key findings is that the cost of the global oncology market reached $100 billion in 2014 - an increase of $75 billion from 2009.

Another main finding is that clinical outcomes are improving for all major cancers. According to the report, 5-year survival rates have risen thanks to continuous improvements in detection and treatment. Two thirds of Americans diagnosed with cancer live for at least 5 years nowadays, compared with just over half in 1990.

The report predicts that these increases in survival will increase substantially thanks to new developments in "immuno-oncologic" and combination treatments, and suggests that biomarker-driven drugs and diagnostics will have a transformative effect on oncology.

"Innovative therapeutic classes, combination therapies and the use of biomarkers will change the landscape over the next several years," Aitken says, "holding out the promise of substantial improvements in survival with lower toxicity for cancer patients."

Nellie Bly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nellie Bly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Nellie Bly (May 5, 1864^[1] – January 27, 1922) was the pen name of American journalist Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman.^[2] She was also a writer, industrialist, inventor, and a charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne's fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she faked insanity to study a mental institution from within.^[3] She was a pioneer in her field, and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.

Asylum exposé

Burdened again with theater and arts reporting, Bly left the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1887 for New York City. Penniless after four months, she talked her way into the offices of Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, the New York World, and took an undercover assignment for which she agreed to feign insanity to investigate reports of brutality and neglect at the Women's Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island.

After a night of practicing deranged expressions in front of a mirror, she checked into a boardinghouse. She refused to go to bed, telling the boarders that she was afraid of them and that they looked "crazy". They soon decided that she was "crazy", and the next morning summoned the police. Taken to a courtroom, she pretended to have amnesia. The judge concluded she had been drugged.

Several doctors then examined her; all declared her insane. "Positively demented," said one, "I consider it a hopeless case. She needs to be put where someone will take care of her."[13] The head of the insane pavilion at Bellevue Hospital pronounced her "undoubtedly insane". The case of the "pretty crazy girl" attracted media attention: "Who Is This Insane Girl?" asked the New York Sun. The New York Times wrote of the "mysterious waif" with the "wild, hunted look in her eyes", and her desperate cry: "I can't remember I can't remember."[14]

Committed to the asylum, Bly experienced its conditions firsthand. The food consisted of gruel broth, spoiled beef, bread that was little more than dried dough, and dirty undrinkable water. The dangerous patients were tied together with ropes. The patients were made to sit for much of each day on hard benches with scant protection from the cold. Waste was all around the eating places. Rats crawled all around the hospital. The bathwater was frigid, and buckets of it were poured over their heads. The nurses behaved obnoxiously and abusively, telling the patients to shut up, and beating them if they did not. Speaking with her fellow patients, Bly was convinced that some were as sane as she was. On the effect of her experiences, she wrote:

What, excepting torture, would produce insanity quicker than this treatment? Here is a class of women sent to be cured. I would like the expert physicians who are condemning me for my action, which has proven their ability, to take a perfectly sane and healthy woman, shut her up and make her sit from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m. on straight-back benches, do not allow her to talk or move during these hours, give her no reading and let her know nothing of the world or its doings, give her bad food and harsh treatment, and see how long it will take to make her insane. Two months would make her a mental and physical wreck.^[13]

…My teeth chattered and my limbs were …numb with cold. Suddenly, I got three buckets of ice-cold water…one in my eyes, nose and mouth.

After ten days the asylum released Bly at The World's behest. Her report, later published in book form as Ten Days in a Mad-House, caused a sensation and brought her lasting fame. While embarrassed physicians and staff fumbled to explain how she had deceived so many professionals, a grand jury launched its own investigation into conditions at the asylum, inviting Bly to assist. The jury's report recommended the changes she had proposed, and its call for increased funds for care of the insane prompted an $850,000 increase in the budget of the Department of Public Charities and Corrections. The Grand Jury also made sure that future examinations were more thorough so that only the seriously ill went to the asylum.

Texas officer saved lives in shooting outside Muhammad cartoon contest, police say | Fox News

Texas officer saved lives in shooting outside Muhammad cartoon contest, police say | Fox News: The event featured speeches by Pamela Geller, president of the AFDI, and Geert Wilders, a Dutch lawmaker known for his outspoken criticism of Islam. Wilders received several standing ovations as he quoted former President Ronald Reagan and Texas founding father Sam Houston.

Geller told the AP before Sunday's event that she planned the contest to make a stand for free speech in response to outcries and violence over drawings of Muhammad. Though it remained unclear several hours after the shooting whether it was related to event, she said Sunday night that the shooting showed how "needed our event really was."

In January, 12 people were killed by gunmen in an attack against the Paris office of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which had lampooned Islam and other religions and used depictions of Muhammad. Another deadly shooting occurred the following month at a free speech event in Copenhagen featuring an artist who had caricatured the prophet.

Geller's group is known for mounting a campaign against the building of an Islamic center blocks from the World Trade Center site and for buying advertising space in cities across the U.S. criticizing Islam.

When a Chicago-based nonprofit held a January fundraiser in Garland designed to help Muslims combat negative depictions of their faith, Geller spearheaded about 1,000 picketers at the event. One chanted: "Go back to your own countries! We don't want you here!" Others held signs with messages such as, "Insult those who behead others," an apparent reference to recent beheadings by the militant group Islamic State.

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Pamela Geller (born June 14, 1958) is an American political activist and commentator. She is known for her anti-Islamic positions and opposition to Islamic activities and causes, such as the proposed construction of an Islamic community center near the former site of the World Trade Center.

Her viewpoints have been described as anti-Islamic or Islamophobic. She says her blogging and campaigns in the United States are against what she terms "creeping Sharia" in the country. She is described as a critic of radical Islam and self-described as opposing political Islam.

She is currently the president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative which she co-founded with Robert Spencer.^[11][12] The American Freedom Defense Initiative has been designated a Muslim hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization known for tracking hate groups. The British government designated Geller's organizations hate groups and barred Geller's entry into the UK in 2013. She and Spencer co-authored the book The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America in 2010.

The Huffington Post has called her "far right" as have other media sources while others, such as the BBC contrast her right-wing support for small government with her socially liberal positions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamela_Geller

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“The discussion we have to have is: 

Shooting Clouds Life 

as 

Both 

Muslim and Texan

When does free speech become hate speech, 

and when does hate speech become incitement to violence?  

Free speech is not the same as responsible speech.”

~( Alia Salem:  Executive Director Council on American-Islamic Relations)

GARLAND, Tex. — When Muslim leaders in the Dallas area learned in February that a provocative blogger had rented space to exhibit caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, they decided to ignore her.

They were well acquainted with Pamela Geller’s vitriol against Islam and figured that there was no point protesting and giving her free publicity.

“We don’t want to be falling for her tactics,” Alia Salem, the executive director of the Dallas and Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said to her colleagues. “She’s trying to bait the Muslim community.”

“The discussion we have to have is: When does free speech become hate speech, and when does hate speech become incitement to violence?” Ms. Salem said. “Free speech is not the same as responsible speech.”

Muslims in the Dallas area have worked hard to find their footing in the conservative Christian culture of the Texas suburbs, and the shooting on Sunday in Garland set off another vigorous effort to defend their faith and their American ideals, while also condemning extremism of any kind.

Texas, and Dallas in particular, has been both welcoming to Muslims and accommodating of bigotry. Even as the numbers and economic clout of Muslims continue to grow — an estimated 200,000 now live in the Dallas area — they have faced a series of political and cultural challenges just in the past few months.

The shooting in Texas, showcasing that there are Islamic extremists in the United States encouraged by radicals overseas, comes just as Muslims here have been confronting suspicions about their faith and loyalty.

An imam who gave a nondenominational prayer at the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo in February, at the invitation of organizers seeking to be more inclusive, received so many hateful comments on social media afterward that he canceled a second scheduled appearance there.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/07/us/muslims-garland-texas.html?_r=0

God helps those who help themselves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Why don't you tie down your camel?"

~(Muhammad)~

"I placed my trust in Allah."

~(Bedouin)~

"Tie your camel and place your trust in Allah."
~(Muhammad)~

God helps those who help themselves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The phrase "God helps those who help themselves" is a popular motto that emphasizes the importance of self-initiative and humanistic philosophy.

The phrase originated in ancient Greece and may originally have been proverbial. It is illustrated by two of Aesop's Fables and a similar sentiment is found in ancient Greek drama. Although it has been commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin, the modern English wording appears earlier in Algernon Sidney's work.

The phrase is often mistaken as scriptural, but it appears nowhere in the Bible. Some Christians have criticized the expression as being contrary to the Bible's message of God's grace. A variant of the phrase, however, can be found in the Quran (13:11).

The sentiment appears in ancient Greek tragedies of which only fragments now remain. In his Philoctetes (c.409 BC), Sophocles wrote, "No good e'er comes of leisure purposeless; And heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act." And in the Hippolytus (428BC) of Euripides appears the speech, "Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid."

It was the English political theorist Algernon Sidney who originated the now familiar wording, "God helps those who help themselves", apparently the first exact rendering of the phrase. Benjamin Franklin later used it in his Poor Richard's Almanack (1736) and has been widely quoted.

A passage with similar sentiments can be found in the Quran, Chapter 13:11: "Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves."

Trust in God But Tie Your Camel is an Arab proverb with a similar meaning. It is also one of the reported sayings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. According to Tirmidhi, one day Mohammed noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I placed my trust in Allah." At that, Mohammed said, "Tie your camel and place your trust in Allah."

The phrase is often quoted to emphasize the importance of taking initiative. There is also a relationship to the Parable of the Faithful Servant, and the Parable of the Ten Virgins, which has a similar eschatological theme: be prepared for the day of reckoning.

The beliefs of Americans regarding this phrase and the Bible has been studied by Christian demographer and pollster George Barna of The Barna Group. To the statement "The Bible teaches that God helps those who help themselves"; 53% of Americans agree strongly, 22% agree somewhat, 7% disagree somewhat, 14% disagree strongly, and 5% stated they don't know. Of "born-again" Christians 68% agreed, and 81% of non "born-again" Christians agreed with the statement. In a February 2000 poll, 53% strongly agreed and 22% agreed somewhat that the Bible teaches the phrase. Of the 14 questions asked, this was the least biblical response, according to Barna. A poll in the late 1990s showed the majority (81%) believe the concept is taught by the Bible, another stating 82%.

Despite being of non-Biblical origin, the phrase topped a poll of the most widely known Bible verses. Seventy-five percent of American teenagers said they believed that it was the central message of the Bible.

Barna critiques this as evidence of Americans' unfamiliarity with the Bible and believes that the statement actually conflicts with the doctrine of Grace in Christianity. It "suggests a spiritual self-reliance inconsistent with Christianity" according to David Kinnaman, vice president of the Barna Research Group.^[19] Christian minister Erwin Lutzer argues there is some support for this saying in the Bible (2 Thessalonians 3:10, James 4:8), however much more often God helps those who cannot help themselves, which is what grace is about (the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican, Ephesians 2:4–5, Romans 4:4–5). The statement is often criticised as espousing Semi-Pelagian model of salvation, which most Christians denounce as heresy.

The phrase has featured in United States popular culture. In a "Jaywalking" sketch on The Tonight Show, comedian host Jay Leno asked random people on the street to name one of the Ten Commandments. The most popular response given was "God helps those who help themselves." Political commentator Bill O'Reilly employed the phrase, in responding to Jim McDermott who argued, "This is Christmas time. We talk about Good Samaritans, the poor, the little baby Jesus in the cradle and all this stuff. And then we say to the unemployed we won't give you a check to feed your family. That's simply wrong." O'Reilly argued for a more selective approach to unemployment benefits, and the importance of individual responsibility, concluding "while Jesus promoted charity at the highest level, he was not self-destructive. The Lord helps those who help themselves. Does he not?" Political comedian Stephen Colbert parodied him in response, concluding in character, "if this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition; and then admit that we just don't want to do it."

ST. MARK UMC: THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES

WELCOME HOME 

TO

SAINT MARK

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

THE WORSHIP OF GOD

Sunday, May 3,2015 - 9:00 a.m. & 11 :15 a.m.

Communion Sunday 

 Fifth Sunday of Easter

GOSPEL LESSON         John 15:1-8          Beth LaRocca-Pitts

The Vine and the Branches

New International Version 

(NIV)

15 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit;apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

Footnotes:

John 15:2 The Greek for he prunes also means he cleans.

SERMON                "Stay Connected"        Beth LaRocca-Pitts

God Be in My Head

 God be in my head and in my understanding.

God be in mine eyes and in my looking.

God be in my mouth and in my speaking. 

 God be in mine heart and in my thinking. 

 God be at my end and in my departing.

Today at Saint Mark

A new class series for newcomers begins today at 10: 100m in the parlor. Anyone who is new to Saint Mark or who is considering joining the church is invited to attend. On Sunday, May 31, class participants will have the opportunity to join the church during Morning Worship. To learn more, contact Rev. Josh Noblitt at jnoblitt@stmarkumc.org.

Join the Faith Seekers class in room 205 each Sunday this month for What Does the Bible Say about Healing?, a new series facilitated by Mark LaRocca -Pitts. What does the Bible say about healing? How does God heal? Why do we suffer? How should we pray for healing and how can we help others in need of healing? Rev. Dr. Mark LaRocca-Pitts, hospice chaplain and "First Gentleman" of Saint Mark, will facilitate this month long series on the Bible and its various views on healing. By the end of this series, you will know the various traditions of healing in the Bible; you will be moved to provide more compassionate care for those who are ill; and, your prayers for healing will be transformed and transformative as we learn to apply these biblical teachings to our own experiences of illness.

Congratulations, Jimmy Moor!

Rev. Jimmy Moor, former Senior Pastor at Saint Mark, is retiring this year! You are invited to a celebration of his ministry on Sunday, May 31 from'4-6pm at the Wesley Center at Tucker United Methodist Church (5095 LaVista Road in Tucker 30084) 

For more information, visit www.tuckerfirst.org.

Parking at Saint Mark

Because we often have guests attending events at the church throughout the week both during the day and in the evenings, 

Saint Mark is busier than you might realize! 

The "traditionally busy" days 

(Sundays and Wednesdays)

are long gone. 

This activity is exciting but sometimes creates new challenges.  Please contact Christia in the church office if you would like to park at church for a local event in Midtown that is not related to a church function.  When space is available, we are happy to provide that service to those in our church family; however, when we have events scheduled at church, parking for those participants remains our priority. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding!

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Interesting day.

It was originally my intention attending class series for newcomers considering joining the church.  But today was also the first day of a new series to be presented by Rev. Dr. Beths' husband; also a pastor:

 What Does the Bible Say about Healing?

Just could not pass this one up.  

And...
 I'm glad I didn't as today's lecture surprisingly turned out being a very informative class.

"Why Believe in God?"
~(Brother Charles Walthal)~

This was the question I asked of St. Mark's "First Gentleman" Rev. Mark at the end when taking questions.  Told him, this was a question the pastor of First United Methodist Church asked of us children while growing up small town of Prescott Arkansas.

  

Says he has an answer to this question, but wants to think about it first.

REALITY IS A CREATION OF OUR EXCESSES: GOD KNOWS I HAVE IT!

Gary S. Hauk 91PhD: Vice President and Deputy to the President



Gary S. Hauk 91PhD: As deputy to the president, he guides a variety of university-wide projects and provides a broad range of support to the university as a writer, editor, and repository of institutional memory. He is the author of the most recent history of Emory, A Legacy of Heart and Mind: Emory Since 1836, and he is co-editor of a collection of essays about Emory’s history, Where Courageous Inquiry Leads.


Hauk earned his PhD in ethics from Emory’s Graduate Division of Religion. Prior to that he earned a BA and MA in English from Lehigh University and an MDiv from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. He periodically teaches ethics and writing to undergraduates and serves on a number of editorial advisory boards.

Institutional memory

is a collective set of facts, concepts, experiences and know-how held by a group of people. As it transcends the individual, it requires the ongoing transmission of these memories between members of this group. Elements of institutional memory may be found in corporations, professional groups, government bodies, religious groups, academic collaborations, and by extension in entire cultures.


Institutional memory may be encouraged to preserve an ideology or way of work in such a group. Conversely, institutional memory may be ingrained to the point that it becomes hard to challenge if something is found to contradict that which was previously thought to have been correct. Institutional memory may have influence on organizational identity, choice of individuals, and actions of the individuals interacting with the institution.


Institutional memory can occur when institutions interact with both internal and external environments and systems. Both the type and level of institutional interaction lead to institutionalization and memory formation.


Institutional knowledge is gained by organizations translating historical data into useful knowledge and wisdom. Memory depends upon the preservation of data and also the analytical skills necessary for its effective use within the organization.


Religion is one of the significant institutional forces acting on the collective memory attributed to humanity. Alternatively, the evolution of ideas in Marxist theory, is that the mechanism whereby knowledge and wisdom are passed down through the generations is subject to economic determinism. In all instances, social systems, cultures, and organizations have an interest in controlling and using institutional memories.


Organizational structure determines the training requirements and expectations of behaviour associated with various roles. This is part of the implicit institutional knowledge. Progress to higher echelons requires assimilation of this, and when outsiders enter at a high level, effectiveness tends to deteriorate if this morale is unjustly ignored.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_memory

 

 

 

Organizational memory

(OM)

(sometimes called institutional or corporate memory)

 

is the accumulated body of data, information, and knowledge created in the course of an individual organization’s existence. Falling under the wider disciplinary umbrella of knowledge management, it has two repositories: an organization's archives, including its electronic data bases; and individuals’ memories.


Kenneth Megill says corporate memory is information of value for re-use. He views corporate memory from the perspective of information services such as libraries, records management and archival management.^[1]


Organizational memory can only be applied if it can be accessed. To make use of it, organizations must have effective retrieval systems for their archives and good memory recall among the individuals that make up the organization. Its importance to an organization depends upon how well individuals can apply it, a discipline known as experiential learning or evidence-based practice. In the case of individuals’ memories, organizational memory’s veracity is invariably compromised by the inherent limitations of human memory. Individuals’ reluctance to admit to mistakes and difficulties compounds the problem. The actively encouraged flexible labor market has imposed an Alzheimer's-like corporate amnesia on organizations that creates an inability to benefit from hindsight.^[2]



The three main facets of organizational memory are data, information, and knowledge. It is important to understand the differences between each of these.


Data is a fact depicted as a figure or a statistic, while data in context—such as in a historical time frame—is information.


By contrast, knowledge is interpretative and predictive. Its deductive character allows a person with knowledge to understand the implications of information, and act accordingly. The term has been defined variously by different experts: Alvin Goldman described it as justified true belief;^[3] Bruce Aune saw it as information in context;^[4] Verna Alee defined it as experience or information that can be communicated or shared;^[5] and Karl Wiig said it was a body of understanding and insights for interpreting and managing the world around us.^[6]



In its modern understanding, knowledge is made up of explicit knowledge, sometimes called skilled knowledge; and tacit or cognitive knowledge (sometimes known as "coping skills"), a category first identified by Michael Polanyi in 1958.^[7]


Explicit knowledge is the "what" of know-how: knowledge such as the professional or vocational skills that are recorded in manuals, textbooks, and training courses. Tacit knowledge, on the other hand, is the non-technical "how" of getting things done—what Edward de Bono, the inventor of lateral thinking, calls operacy, or the skill of action,^[8] and what Peter Drucker identifies in the use of the word techne, the Greek for "skill".^[9] Much of it is implicit and ambiguous, acquired largely by functional, context-specific experience. Typically existing only in the minds of individuals, tacit knowledge is normally very difficult to capture, with most organizations depending almost entirely on the explicit knowledge. This makes experiential learning, productivity gains, and competitiveness slow and expensive to acquire. In business terms, tacit knowledge is a passive misnomer for active sharing of knowledge to make an organization more effective.


The reality is that even though most organizational work processes are largely designed around documentation, much remains unrecorded, especially that to do with decision-making. The record often reflects the desire to gloss over disagreements and serious questions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_memory



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