Knowledge Creation through User-Guided Data Mining: A Database Case

Autor/in	Steiger, David M.
Titel	Knowledge Creation through User-Guided Data Mining: A Database Case
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 19 (2008) 4, S.383-394 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Constructivism (Learning); Epistemology; Information Technology; Databases; Computer Science Education; Business Administration; Database Design; Air Transportation; College Students; Teamwork; Cost Effectiveness; Student Projects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erkenntnistheorie; Informationstechnologie; Datenbank; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Business economics; Betriebswirtschaft; Collegestudent; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Schulprojekt
Abstract	This case focuses on learning by applying the four integrating mechanisms of Nonaka's knowledge creation theory: socialization, externalization, combination and internalization. In general, such knowledge creation and internalization (i.e., learning) is critical to database students since they will be expected to apply their specialized database knowledge to a wide variety of business problems, incorporating the various concepts of multiple business disciplines. The case, presented below, depicts a four-phase consulting assignment for each two-student team. In Phase 1, the teams design and implement a reservations database for a small corporate airline, basing their design on a written list of requirements. In Phase 2, each team uses the resulting database to address questions (queries) posed by key managers in the client firm. In Phase 3, each team develops operational and profit improvement recommendations for consideration by the firm's top management. And finally, Phase 4 requires each team to present their recommendations to the client firm's Board of Directors (the rest of the database class), answering any questions and concerns raised by this august board. Taken together, the four phases constitute knowledge creation through user-guided data mining. Since the queries require a variety of functions, subqueries, and cascading views, this case is most suitable as an integrative term project in either an upper-division undergraduate or a graduate level database course. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE). c/o Al Harris, JISE Editor, Department of Computer Information Systems, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. Tel: 828-262-6180; Fax: 828-262-6190; e-mail: jise@appstate.edu; Web site: http://www.jise.appstate.edu/index.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10