Knowledge Management in the Construction Industry: A Socio-Technical Perspective: A Socio-Technical PerspectiveKazi, Abdul Samad 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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... context of an illustrative case study of construction space management. We learn that as information technologies evolve, they will shift the balance of job tasks from information gathering to analysis. Firms should consider grooming ...
... context-specific, derived from the holder's experiences and insights. Explicit knowledge is that which is codified in written or some other “hard” form (Nonaka & Takeuchi, 1995). It is explicit knowledge that can be transferred between ...
... context for exchanging knowledge, as information must flow across both project and professional interfaces. This chapter explores innovative solutions to encouraging knowledge sharing within a large construction company based in Hong ...
... context. This has left construction organisations relatively uninformed as to how they should develop and manage their knowledgesharing practices in such a way as to improve their performance. This chapter reports on research that set ...
... context of construction organisations. To appreciate theoretical perspectives on how employees can be encouraged to share and benefit from a knowledge-sharing culture. To develop a sophisticated and mutually supportive range of HRM ...
Contents
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Chapter III Managing the External Provision of Knowledge Management Services for Projects | 34 |
Smart Construction | 53 |
A SocioTechnical Perspective | 67 |
A Community of Practice Perspective | 90 |
A UK Construction Company Case Study | 112 |
Learning from Experience | 129 |
From the SocioTechnical Perspective 19621966 to Knowledge Management What Have We Learned? | 203 |
Emerging Models and Solutions | 224 |
A Holistic Strategic Approach to the Management of Knowledge | 225 |
An Exploration on the CoProduction of Project Needs and Requirements by ClientSpecialist Groups | 251 |
Chapter XV Decision Support Systems and their Application in Construction | 276 |
Chapter XVI A Knowledge Management Portal System for Construction Projects Using Knowledge Map | 299 |
Chapter XVII An Integrative Knowledge Management System for EnvironmentalConscious Construction | 322 |
A Vision for Future Project Information Technologies | 343 |
Facilitating Organisational Learning within the Construction Industry | 130 |
Chapter IX Knowledge Management in Higher Education and Professional Development in the Construction Industry | 150 |
Chapter X Empirical Investigation of Organisational Learning Ability as a Performance Driver in Construction | 166 |
Chapter XI Evaluating an Organisations Learning Culture Using Learning Histories | 185 |
About the Authors | 363 |
Index | 373 |