‘Re-examination of jobs must in knowledge era'

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'Re-examination of jobs must in knowledge era'

COIMBATORE: Re-examination of jobs, managers and work processes is a must in knowledge era, Vice-Chancellor, Anna University, Coimbatore, K. Karunakaran, said here on Thursday.

Speaking at the 'First International Conference on Intelligent Information Systems and Management', organised at RVS Group of Engineering and Management Institutions, he said, "the reassessment is necessary because knowledge will form the foundation of successful enterprises in future."

Organisations

"Knowledge built on intelligent information will allow organisations to be more flexible and better able to adapt to the continuously changing and often complex environment."

This was because intelligent systems helped identify relevant causes of problems, evaluated the benefit of proposed solutions and documented them even where they involved vagueness and uncertainty.

Result

"Intelligent systems focus on how to achieve desired result rather than simply providing data or reports that are required," he said.

Intelligent information systems, when built, should provide support to decision makers with an emphasis on semi-structured and unstructured decisions. It should support managers at all levels and provide integration between levels.

Intelligence would have to be added to the available data to adequately support complex decisions that required interpretation and evaluation to potential consequences and outcomes.

And finally, a friendlier computer interface, including visualisation and multimedia support, would be needed to be incorporated.

M. Durai Singh, Country Business Manager, HP India Sales Private Limited, Bangalore, spoke on the company's green computing initiative and also on how technology got transferred to students. K. Senthil Ganesh, Managing Trustee, RVS Educational Trust, presided over the function.

V. Gunaraj, Principal, Welcomed the gathering. K.V. Kupusamy, Chairman, was present on the occasion.