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
... knowledge capture and sharing. This. Book. and. Its. Contents. This book presents a portfolio of various concepts, methods, models, and tools supported by real-life case studies from various corners of the globe providing insights into the ...
... knowledge management services for projects through a case study from the United Kingdom. He argues that while knowledge management is largely considered from the perspective of internal generation, the external provision will increase ...
... knowledge management portal built on the basis of knowledge maps for activity-based knowledge management in construction. Various life cycle stages of knowledge management from knowledge acquisition, extraction, storage, sharing, and ...
... knowledge management is not yet another management buzzword, but something that can deliver. In particular, I am grateful to YIT Construction Ltd. and Fortum Engineering Ltd., both of Finland, for allowing me to be a part of their ...
... (knowledge) assets. The knowledge that is required to carry out those work elements can be considered to be an asset of the company—its “intellectual capital” (Garvin, 1993). In consulting engineering, knowledge work makes up the major ...
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 |