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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... transfer of skills to maintain a set of skilled craftsmen; today the focus is on shortening construction times ... transferring skills. There is a growing concern in the construction industry today that new recruits prefer to sit in ...
... transferred from peer to peer through face-to-face interaction (Kazi, Hannus, & Chareonngam, 1999). It pertains to not only sharing the intuition or hunch, but also sharing the reasoning (“ba”) behind that intuition or hunch. The ...
... transfer. Challenges. and. Emerging. Solutions. Experience is the intellectual wealth of both individuals and organisations. There is a need to handle this experience (knowledge) properly so as not to reinvent the wheel on every new project ...
... Transfer International. Retrieved April 2004 from www.ktic.com/topic6/13_TERM4.htm. Nonaka, I., & Takeuch, H. (1995) ... transfer and utilisation. London: Sage. Sieloff, C.G. (1999). If only HP knows what HP knows: The roots of knowledge ...
... transfer cannot really exist, that it is merely “data” (or “information”) transfer, since to be considered knowledge there must be some form of human interpretation in the process. In other words, “combination” of 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 |