Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-technical PerspectiveKnowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-Technical Perspective presents a portfolio of concepts, methods, models, and tools supported by real life case studies from various corners of the globe providing insights into the management of knowledge in the construction industry. Untangling the hype from the reality, practical means of implementing knowledge management in the construction industry through various mechanisms and tools are demonstrated. For the practitioner, it provides practical insights and experiences from real life cases, for the researcher and academic, it provides current and state-of-the-art undertakings in this emerging area for the construction industry. |
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Theory Underpinning the Research Project Much has been written on the need for firms to develop core competencies ( Prahalad & Hamel , 1990 ) that provide sustainable competitive advantage either from cost or product / service ...
Theory Underpinning the Research Project Much has been written on the need for firms to develop core competencies ( Prahalad & Hamel , 1990 ) that provide sustainable competitive advantage either from cost or product / service ...
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Respondents are asked to evaluate their company against major competitors by considering their performance over the last ... Thus , performance index is a weighted average of performance ratings and it indicates the level of competitive ...
Respondents are asked to evaluate their company against major competitors by considering their performance over the last ... Thus , performance index is a weighted average of performance ratings and it indicates the level of competitive ...
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OL competency is seen as a source of competitive advantage . The organisational setting supports ... and mutual learning usually does not exist between the companies and their competitors . This result is also in accordance with the low ...
OL competency is seen as a source of competitive advantage . The organisational setting supports ... and mutual learning usually does not exist between the companies and their competitors . This result is also in accordance with the low ...
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| Title | Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-technical Perspective |
| Editor | Abdul Samad Kazi |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Idea Group Pub., 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2007 |
| ISBN | 159140360X, 9781591403609 |
| Length | 384 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Information Management Computers / User Interfaces Technology & Engineering / Construction / General |
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