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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... effective management of knowledge. These are: 1. 2. Harvesting (i.e., recognising and obtaining the knowledge from the individuals or groups). Filtering (i.e., using knowledge that will produce a competitive advantage and discarding ...
... effective process, there needs to be a “knowledge spiral” as per Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) of knowledge creation moving back and forth through all four (or three) of the above conversion processes. This is accomplished by the ...
... effective at eliciting responses, such messages can tend to clutter up the e-mail system and serve as distractions to the majority of recipients who are not knowledgeable in the topic in question. Given the rapid and continuing growth ...
... effectively is one of the ways in which the management of project-generated knowledge can financially benefit the company. The production of “lessons ... effective permission of Idea Group Inc. is prohibited. 12 de Kretser and Wilkinson.
... effective use of the knowledge generated are essential if a system for using project-generated knowledge is established. One of the key problems is how to get people involved. The role of a knowledge manager can greatly ease this ...
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 |