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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... information and knowledge . Since the inception of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s , increasing numbers of educators have used this medium to make information , relevant to their courses , available to students . The ability to ...
... information and knowledge . Since the inception of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s , increasing numbers of educators have used this medium to make information , relevant to their courses , available to students . The ability to ...
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... information and knowledge for later reuse and reference . People also need groupware application technologies to virtually link themselves when problem solving and coordi- nating their knowledge - related activities . To do all this ...
... information and knowledge for later reuse and reference . People also need groupware application technologies to virtually link themselves when problem solving and coordi- nating their knowledge - related activities . To do all this ...
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... information and knowledge will be saved under the catalogue of current projects . The benefit of non - active classification is the collection of related electronic information in the centralised system . Copyright © 2005 , Idea Group ...
... information and knowledge will be saved under the catalogue of current projects . The benefit of non - active classification is the collection of related electronic information in the centralised system . Copyright © 2005 , Idea Group ...
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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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