Socio-Technical Knowledge Management : Studies and Initiatives

by Handzic, Meliha

• ISBN13: 9781599045504
• ISBN10: 1599045508
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Igi Publishing

Summary

"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 realm of social-oriented knowledge culture, communities, initiatives and rewards, measurement, technology-oriented knowledge repositories, modeling, rating, alerting, and discovery systems"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Memory, learning, and management : introducing basic knowledge concepts	p. 1
Inquiry systems : understanding how people gain knowledge	p. 18
Knowledge space : building foundations for advancing knowledge	p. 32
Electronic brainstorming : stimulating creative idea generation	p. 47
Groupware : enabling knowledge sharing across time and space	p. 58
Electronic memory : increasing knowledge availability	p. 69
Visualisation system : facilitation knowledge interpretation	p. 84
Knowledge miner : assiting in pattern discovvery and prediction	p. 96
E-learning portal : enhancing user experience	p. 107
Quality monitor : assessing knowledge credibility	p. 119
Neural network : automating knowledge application	p. 132
Exercising space : facilitating learning through experimentation	p. 151
Social environment : promoting knowledge sharing through personal interaction	p. 164
Task contingencies : examining if two heads are always better than one	p. 179
Communities of practice : enhancing collective effectiveness	p. 193
Mode of socialisation : comparing effects of informal and formal socialisation on organisational performance	p. 208
Organisational culture : determining knowledge-sharing attitudes	p. 221
Incentives and rewards : motivating knowledge sharing	p. 233
Specialist training : cultivation knowledge management professionals	p. 245
Theroy vx. practice : finding out if we do what we preach	p. 263
Codification or personalisation : choosing the right knowledge management strategy	p. 279
Visions and directions : balancing academic and practitioner positions on KM	p. 297
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