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Socio-technical knowledge management studies and initiatives /

"This book connects knowledge management theory to knowledge management practice, allowing the empirical research presented to resolve challenges. It provides a better understanding of the benefits and limitations of various socio-technical knowledge management initiatives, especially in the re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Handzic, Meliha.
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
Subjects:
Knowledge management.
Decision making.
Critical thinking.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Memory, learning, and management : introducing basic knowledge concepts
  • 2. Inquiry systems : understanding how people gain knowledge
  • 3. Knowledge space : building foundations for advancing knowledge
  • 4. Electronic brainstorming : stimulating creative idea generation
  • 5. Groupware : enabling knowledge sharing across time and space
  • 6. Electronic memory : increasing knowledge availability
  • 7. Visualisation system : facilitation knowledge interpretation
  • 8. Knowledge miner : assisting in pattern discovery and prediction
  • 9. E-learning portal : enhancing user experience
  • 10. Quality monitor : assessing knowledge credibility
  • 11. Neural network : automating knowledge application
  • 12. Exercising space : facilitating learning through experimentation
  • 13. Social environment : promoting knowledge sharing through personal interaction
  • 14. Task contingencies : examining if two heads are always better than one
  • 15. Communities of practice : enhancing collective effectiveness
  • 16. Mode of socialisation : comparing effects of informal and formal socialisation on organisational performance
  • 17. Organisational culture : determining knowledge-sharing attitudes
  • 18. Incentives and rewards : motivating knowledge sharing
  • 19. Specialist training : cultivation knowledge management professionals
  • 20. Theory vs. practice : finding out if we do what we preach
  • 21. Codification or personalisation : choosing the right knowledge management strategy
  • 22. Visions and directions : balancing academic and practitioner positions on KM.

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