Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-technical PerspectiveAbdul Samad Kazi Knowledge 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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... competitive advan- tage . Many firms develop their own competitive advantage through initiating innova- tion . This can be achieved and may be optimised by effective ICT diffusion occurring at both the individual and organisational ...
... competitive advan- tage . Many firms develop their own competitive advantage through initiating innova- tion . This can be achieved and may be optimised by effective ICT diffusion occurring at both the individual and organisational ...
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... competitive advantage in a company . Like the OL index , performance index can take a value between 1 and 5 , where the higher values denote higher performance . Research Methodology The application of the proposed framework and ...
... competitive advantage in a company . Like the OL index , performance index can take a value between 1 and 5 , where the higher values denote higher performance . Research Methodology The application of the proposed framework and ...
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... Competitors There is mutual trust and collaboration between the employees . Knowledge is perceived to be one of the most valuable assets by the company . OL competency is seen as a source of competitive advantage . The organisational ...
... Competitors There is mutual trust and collaboration between the employees . Knowledge is perceived to be one of the most valuable assets by the company . OL competency is seen as a source of competitive advantage . The organisational ...
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activities approach assets building maintenance building surveyors capture chapter client collaborative communities of practice company's competency competitive advantage construction companies construction industry Construction Management construction project context contractors Copying or distributing Copyright 2005 create Danya Cebus database distributing in print documents effective electronic forms employees Engineering environment explicit knowledge external provision facilitate forms without written gatekeepers Idea Group Inc identified implementation improve individual information and knowledge innovation integration intellectual capital issues Journal K-Adv knowledge and experience knowledge management system knowledge sharing knowledge-sharing learning history lessons learned Nonaka organisation's organisational knowledge organisational learning performance print or electronic problems professional project definition project management project-generated knowledge relationship reuse role share knowledge Sigma Connect sources stakeholders strategy tacit knowledge technical tion