Knowledge Management in Non-Governmental Organisations a partnership for the future

ICEIS 2005 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 17-26

  De Vasconcelos, José Braga ^a   Seixas, Paulo Castro ^a   Lemos, Paulo Gens ^a   Kimble, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil Society Organisations; Communities of Practice; Humanitarian Aid; Information society; Knowledge Management; Non Governmental Organisations; Social Development

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; HUMANITARIAN AID; INFORMATION SOCIETY; NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 78649260613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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