Task 5

1. To provide executives and scholars with pragmatic understanding about integrating

knowledge management strategy and technologies in business processes for successful performance Grammatical form: Adjective General use. Pragmatic meaning: of or pertaining to a point of view or practical considerations: Pragmatic in nature
2. Suggests superiority of strategy-pull models made feasible by new plug-and-play

information and communication technologies over the traditional technology-push models. Meaning: because it is made feasible by new plug-and-play Grammatical form: Noun General use. Superiority meaning: the quality or condition of being superior: a superior tribunal
3. This limited sample helps understand the caveats in analysts advice by highlighting

the critical importance of strategic execution over selection of specific technologies. Meaning: by highlighting the critical importance of strategic execution over selection Grammatical form: Noun Subject specific term. Caveats meaning: a warning or caution; admonition: a caveat filed against the probate of a will
4. Technologists never evangelize without a disclaimer: Technology is just an

enabler. Meaning: never do it without disclaimer Grammatical form: Verb General use. Evangelize meaning: to preach the gospel or a particular interpretation of it: act as an evangelist
5. Growing pervasiveness of KM in worldwide industries, organizations, and institutions

marks a watershed event for what was called a fad just a few years ago. Meaning: because it stated growing for worldwide industries. Grammatical form: Noun General use. Pervasiveness meaning: pervading or tending to pervade i.e. to become spread throughout; spring pervaded the air 6. The broader application context of KM, which includes learning, education, and training industries, offers similarly sanguine forecasts.

Grammatical form: Adjective General use. Sanguine meaning: cheerfully, optimistic, hopeful, or confident; a sanguine disposition
7. Some industry estimates have pegged the failure rate of technology implementations

for business process reengineering efforts at 70 per cent. Grammatical form: Verb General use. Pegged meaning: to drive or insert peg (to insert a pin of wood or other material into something) into. E.g. peg trousers
8. Surprisingly, some of these high performance benchmark companies have the

lowest tech investments and are recognized laggards in adoption of leading-edge technologies. Grammatical form: Noun General Academic. Laggards meaning: a person or thing that lags; lingered; loiterer i.e. moving slowly. E.g. we realised that we are laggards from the past century,
9. The above findings may seem contrarian given persistent and long-term depiction of

technology as enabler of business productivity Grammatical form: Noun General Academic. Contrarian meaning: a person who takes an opposing view, especially one who rejects the majority opinion, as in economic matters. E.g. A contrarian investor
10. Drawing upon theory, prior research, and industry case studies, we also explain why

some companies that spend less on technology and are not leaders in adoption of most hyped RTE technologies succeed where others fail. Grammatical form: Verb General use. Hyped meaning: to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually followed by up): she was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car.