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Burke, 1997). Used incorrectly, imagery can have detrimental effects (Woolfolk, Parrish, &
Murphy, 1985). Unless imagery ability is checked beforehand, sport psychologists risk providing
inappropriate imagery programs to Olympic athletes. In this paper, we describe the development,
validation, and use of the Sport Imagery Ability Measure (SIAM). We discuss ways in which the
SIAM enhances the design of imagery programs and the writing of imagery scripts that are
customised to each elite athlete, stressing the need for imagery ability measurement in research.
1057.4 Mental fatigue in athletic training: A developing process, L.W. Zhang, F.L. Liu, Beijing
Sport University, Beijing, China
The present investigation explored symptoms, nature and causes of mental fatigue manifested in
athletic training. The participants were Chinese elite athletes from different sports. The root theory
(Chen, 2000) and qualitative approach were used to analyze the information from an interview
study and an open-ended questionnaire investigation. It was proposed that different from popular
conceptualization of burnout and staleness in industrial, educational and sport psychology, mental
fatigue should not be regarded as an ending result but gradually changing process that develops
with athletic training for long time and displays different characteristics in different stages. Coping
strategies were also proposed.
1058 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Knowledge management in the learning organizations
Convener and Chair: S. Bhargava, India
1058.1 A conceptual analysis of knowledge workers and management: Where are we now? M.
Dhargalkar, S. Bhargava, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Scholars defined knowledge management depending on their research interest, methodological
orientation, and school of thought. One could differentiate knowledge-work from conventional
work on the basis of thinking process, other mental work involved, and outcome. Paper addressed
a question should organizations nurture and develop in the same way or differently to all kinds of
knowledge workers. Command of task, quality of output, efficiency in delivery, cost effectiveness,
accountability, and responsibility for the outputs could be used to classify knowledge workers.
Paper concludes that effectiveness of knowledge workers would not depend on mental skills only
but also on ability to make a balance between personal life and work.
1058.2 Challenges of management of knowledge workers in 21st century organizations in
developing nations, S. Bhargava, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
How to adapt to today’s rapidly changing world has become a major challenge to the management
Gurus? Evidences are that adaptation to change is positively related to the potentiality to share
knowledge. Today, organizations focus on strengthening their human capital, the core of
knowledge management, for achieving excellence by creating a culture that could provide people
financial, personal, and societal satisfaction. Paper discussed the behavioral, interpersonal,
inter-group, social, legal, political, and even mind-set of top management problems that come on
the way of implementation and lead to only routine outcome. It also put forward strategic agenda,
which organizations could consider implementing.
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