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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... communication of such relevant personal knowledge to others. This phenomenon has been called “knowledge hoarding ... communicate it to others—either due to lack of convenient means to do so (forums, systems, procedures) or lack of ...
... communication and sharing of individuals' knowledge. The key to knowledge management, then, is to facilitate and encourage this sharing and communication of knowledge—either verbally or through written means (Binney, 2001). Roos et al ...
... communication of knowledge and information about a company's customers and competitors. 2. 3. Malhotra (2002) discusses the failure of knowledge management systems and proposes that they be designed to adapt to changing business ...
... communicate with each other, in order that they openly share their knowledge, a first step is to facilitate and encourage such communication. Several company-wide elements of a knowledge management system are recommended to help address ...
... communicate that specialisation to the other members of the organisation (through mechanisms discussed above) ... Communicating Captured Knowledge Capturing and using lessons learned more effectively permission of Idea Group Inc. is ...
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 |