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BINGO - Writing skills, Tool skills and procedural knowledge
Subject:BINGO - Writing skills, Tool skills and procedural knowledge From:Smokey Lynne L Bare <slbare -at- JUNO -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 12 Oct 1998 13:37:05 -0400
Warren wrote:
I see that I can draw on an entire range of skills that are neither tool
specific knowledge or writing skills. For want of a better term, I'd like
to refer this skill set as "procedural
knowledge".
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Bingo Warren! You hit the nail on the head for some of us....I just
would change one thing. I would change your 'procedural' to 'PROCESS
Knowledge'. I feel our field is more process oriented to complement the
line of business venues.