Applied Concept Mapping: Capturing, Analyzing, and Organizing Knowledge

by Moon; Brian

• ISBN13: 9781439828601
• ISBN10: 1439828601
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-07
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

The expanding application of Concept Mapping includes its role in knowledge elicitation, institutional memory preservation, and ideation. With the advent of the CmapTools knowledge modeling software kit, Concept Mapping is being applied with increased frequency and success to address a variety of problems in the workplace.Supported by business application case studies, Applied Concept Mapping: Capturing, Analyzing, and Organizing Knowledge offers an accessible introduction to the theory, methods, and application of Concept Mapping in business and government. The case studies illustrate applications across a range of industries'”including engineering, product development, defense, and healthcare.The authors provide access to a free download of CmapTools, courtesy of the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, to enable readers to create and share their own Concept Maps. Offering examples from the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Scotland, and The Netherlands, they highlight a global perspective of this dynamic tool. The text is organized into three sections:Practitioners' Views '”supplies narratives, guidance, and reviews of applications from career Concept Mappers Recent Case Studies and Results '”presents in-depth examinations of specific applications and their results Pushing the Boundaries '”explores what's possible and where the boundary conditions lieApplied Concept Mapping facilitates the fundamental understanding needed to harness the power of Concept Mapping to develop viable solutions to a virtually unlimited number of real-world problems.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Editors	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xvii
Introduction and Overview of the Book	p. xxi
Practitioners' View
Applying Educational Tools and Ideas in the Corporate World	p. 3
Skills in Applied Concept Mapping	p. 23
Concept Mapping in the Analysis and Design of Cognitive Systems: A Historical Review	p. 47
Concept Maps: Tools to Enhance Executive and Team Effectiveness	p. 67
Concept Mapping on the Road: Applied Business Concept Mapping in Software Implementation and Training Consulting	p. 93
Recent Case Studies and Results
Using Concept Maps to Improve the Practice and Organization of Intelligence in Canada	p. 109
Common Lexicon Initiative: A Concept Mapping Approach to Semiautomated Definition Integration	p. 131
The Use of Concept Mapping in Ecological Management: A Case Study Involving Grassland Ecosystems in Victoria, Australia	p. 151
Influencing the Business Model and Innovations of a Research Organization through Concept Mapping	p. 169
Concept Mapping Ecosystem Goods and Services	p. 193
Concept Mapping in Corporate Education: Experiences at Petrobrás University	p. 215
Using Concept Maps within the Product Design Process in Engineering: A Case Study	p. 229
Improving Organizational Learning with Concept Maps: A Business Case Study	p. 253
Pushing the Boundaries
Conceptual Mapping as a First Step in Data Modeling	p. 277
Concept Mapping in Virtual Collaboration Environments	p. 293
Vying for the Use of CmapTools in Corporate Training	p. 317
Index	p. 327
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