Designing a core IT artefact for Knowledge Management Systems using participatory action research in a government and a non-government organisation

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-267

  Butler, Tom ^a   Feller, Joseph ^a   Pope, Andrew ^a   Emerson, Bill ^a   Murphy, Ciaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Action research; IT artefact; Knowledge Management Systems

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MISSILES;

ACTION RESEARCH; ACTION RESEARCHES; CONCEPTUAL SCHEMATA; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENTS; GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS; IT ARTEFACT; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; LESSONS LEARNED; PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCHES; PRACTICAL THEORIES; PRIVATE SECTORS; PUBLIC SECTORS; UNITED NATIONS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56249115175     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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