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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... Social network analysis is another means being used to visually represent knowledge through links and interrelationships between individuals in a typical knowledge exchange chain (using who knows who, and who goes to whom for ...
... social people and proud of their experiences and achievements in problem solving. As you may know, each day on a construction site brings new problems that at times require on-the-spot solutions. People are proud to be a part of the ...
... social processes” are purposely induced to allow for better tacit knowledge capture and sharing. This. Book. and. Its. Contents. This book presents a portfolio of various concepts, methods, models, and tools supported by real-life case ...
... , and two leading construction consultancy firms, that reflective practice benefits the organisation and, when seen as a social process, contributes to organisational learning. In Chapter 9, Ng presents experiences from the use of xii.
... social interaction between tacit and explicit knowledge through conversion. Nonaka postulates four modes of knowledge conversion: socialisation (from tacit to tacit), externalisation (from tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge) ...
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 |