Building a knowledge management system in a design firm: The case of XYZ structural department

Journal of Cases on Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1-17

  Mezher, Toufic ^a   M a Abdul Malak, ^a   Khaled, Mohamad ^b   El Khatib, Ibrahim ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b XYZ Engineering Company   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Engineering Design; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Mapping

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; EXPERT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

COMPETITIVE EDGES; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STAGES; CONSULTING FIRMS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; EXPLICIT AND TACIT KNOWLEDGE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE MAPPING;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349279051     PISSN: 15487717     EISSN: 15487725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jcit.2009070101     Document Type: Article

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