Ahmad, H S; An, M and Gaterell, M (2007) Development of km model to simplify knowledge management implementation in construction projects. In: Boyd, D (ed.) Proceedings of 23rd Annual ARCOM Conference, 3-5 September 2007, Belfast, UK.
Abstract
To improve competitiveness, construction companies have to reduce cost and time of completion of projects while improving the quality of projects. Knowledge management (KM) is becoming increasingly important for the construction industry. Lessons learnt from the construction industry have proved that by reusing and sharing knowledge among engineers and experts can enhance construction projects successfully and decrease cost and time of completion, and help in solving problems associated with the projects. Many KM models currently used in the construction industry may have some problems in many circumstances, which cannot be used efficiently and effectively. This paper presents a new KM model that combines many of the recent research outputs from construction domain and other disciplines. The proposed model presents the essential KM activities and features broken down into more manageable parts that are easy to understand and use, which simplifies the understanding of the sources of knowledge, the inputs and outputs, the flow of knowledge and the identification of other variables such as the cultural effects on the organizational knowledge. A case study collected from the industry is used to demonstrate how the proposed KM model can be used to improve the industry KM performance.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction projects; knowledge management model; knowledge management system |
| Index terms: | case study, becoming, knowledge management system, research output, construction company, engineer, competitiveness, construction project, knowledge management, construction industry, implementation |
| Subjects: | contractual arrangements, research products and data, organization, data collection methods, profession, information systems, philosophical process, industry analysis, market analysis, professional development, production management |
| Topics: | Digital Applications, Roles and Professions, Procurement, Business Strategy, Project Management, Research Practice, Information Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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