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. |
From inside the book
... identified, collected, organised, shared, adapted to existing products and processes, used, and new knowledge is created from existing knowledge. In terms of enablers, questions were asked as to how technology supports the processes ...
... identified conceptual indexing, conceptual mapping, hypertext (hypermedia), information modelling, and semantic networks as some means for knowledge representation. Social network analysis is another means being used to visually ...
... identifying critical “intervention points” during these phases where “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 ...
... identified and made available to others in the firm to learn from and use on future projects. The larger and more geographically diverse the firm, the more difficult this process becomes. A review of current practices within the case ...
... identifying “lessons learned” from past projects, so they are available for consideration in future, similar projects. Although knowledge work is substantially custom work, there are normally sufficient elements of similarity to benefit ...
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 |