Codifying or enabling: The challenge of knowledge management systems

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 184-193

  Hasan, H ^a   Crawford, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge management systems; Organisational learning and adaptation

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MAKING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING AND ADAPTATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037302640     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601388     Document Type: Article

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