Teleos Names North America's Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Organizations dedicated to growth through innovation and knowledge management delivered a year-on-year 35% average Total Shareholder Return, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Teleos' new "2005 North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Most Admired ad·mire v. ad·mired, ad·mir·ing, ad·mires v.tr. 1. To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval. 2. To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect. 3. Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) Study." The winners of the 4th annual North American MAKE study, conducted by Teleos in association with The KNOW Network, are (in alphabetical order): --Buckman Laboratories --Dell --Fluor --General Electric --Hewlett-Packard --IBM --McKinsey & Company --Microsoft --Raytheon --SAIC --Southwest Airlines --3M Raytheon Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in defense systems and defense and commercial electronics. has been recognized as the overall 2005 North American MAKE Winner. Buckman Laboratories (2002, 2003) and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (2004) are previous overall North American MAKE Winners. Don Ronchi, Vice President, Raytheon Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. , and Chief Learning Officer, said: "We are most grateful to be honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. with the MAKE Award for 2005. Achieving first place among the sophisticated knowledge sharing companies in the world is wonderful recognition for our Knowledge Management Community of Practice and the thousands of Raytheon employees who have worked so hard over the last several years to ensure that any of the know-how that exists across our great company is available to the single employee who needs to tap into knowledge that will solve a customer's problem today." A panel of North American Fortune Global 500 senior executives and internationally-recognized knowledge management / intellectual capital experts selected the 2005 North American MAKE Winners. The panel rated organizations founded and headquartered in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. against the MAKE framework of eight key knowledge performance dimensions which are the visible drivers of competitive advantage. The 2005 North American MAKE Winners have been recognized as leaders in: --creating a corporate knowledge-driven culture --developing knowledge workers through senior management leadership --delivering knowledge-based products/solutions --maximizing enterprise intellectual capital --creating a collaborative knowledge sharing environment --creating a learning organization --delivering value based on customer knowledge --transforming enterprise knowledge into shareholder value According to Rory Chase, managing director of Teleos, "These organizations have been recognized as North American leaders in effectively transforming enterprise knowledge into wealth-creating ideas, products and solutions. They are building portfolios of intellectual capital and intangible assets Intangible Asset An asset that is not physical in nature. Notes: Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets. which will enable them to out-perform their competitors in the future." Contact Teleos for a free Executive Summary of the "2005 North American MAKE Study" - E-mail: info@knowledgebusiness.com ABOUT TELEOS Teleos, an independent knowledge management and intellectual capital research firm, administers the Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE) program. The KNOW Network is a Web-based global community of organizations dedicated to achieving superior performance through benchmarking, networking and best practice knowledge sharing. The Teleos home page is: http://www.knowledgebusiness.com The 2005 MAKE Reports -- Asia, Europe, India, Japan, North America and Global -- are available from Teleos either individually or as a set. Each report contains MAKE rankings, key findings, best knowledge practices, leaders by business sectors, trends, and profiles of winners. To purchase a MAKE report, contact Teleos: info@knowledgebusiness.com |
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