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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... practice for people to send e-mail messages that often contain no indication of their position/discipline, the projects they are working on, or even which office they are based in. In order to try to locate experience elsewhere in the ...
... practice/lessons learned” techniques and approaches which can then be spread throughout the company. Technical managers and discipline-based groups (departments and divisions) should be encouraged to identify and discuss opportunities ...
... practice” and “lessons learned” knowledge management examples from throughout the organisation. • The system should make use of technology as a tool, but not be unnecessarily bound or complicated by it. • Where practical, knowledge ...
... Practice, 3. Retrieved November 2003 from www.tlainc.com. Gurteen, D. (1998). Knowledge management and creativity. Journal of Knowledge Management, 2(1), 25-37. Haggie, K., & Kingston, J. (2003). Choosing your knowledge management ...
... practices that underpin them. It explores the current approaches and problems inherent in knowledge sharing within a leading construction project organisation, and drawing upon the good practice identified, discovers potential HRM ...
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 |