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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... create a vision and core values, and communicate them to serve as a compass for creative energies. In Chapter 5, Fong and Wong take us through a case study in Hong Kong on the capturing and reusing of building maintenance knowledge ...
... create knowledge through conversations, reflections, and so forth, which Allee describes as a “socialisation ... creating knowledge databases of what he terms “structural capital” (i.e., codification approach) are almost limitless and ...
... create or use that knowledge. This is on the basis that they are best placed to determine an appropriate mechanism for the identification, codification, storage, and access of this knowledge. However, unless information is communicated ...
... create a culture of open knowledge communication in the company. Furthermore, companies should assign a “company ... created at a level local to the producers and consumers of the specific knowledge. There are, however, several areas ...
... Creating, retaining and transferring knowledge. Boston: Kluwer Academic. Binney, D. (2001). The knowledge management spectrum—understanding the KM landscape. Journal of Knowledge Management, 5(1), 33-42. Conroy, G., & Soltan, H. (1998) ...
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 |