Knowledge Value Adding Model for quantitative performance evaluation of the community of practice in a consulting firm

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yu, W D ^a   Yao, H H ^a   Liu, S J ^b   Chang, P L ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CECI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Architect engineering firm; Community of practice; Knowledge management; Performance evaluation; Value adding

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING FIRM; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; CONSULTING FIRMS; KNOWLEDGE VALUE; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; QUANTIFICATION METHODS; VALUE ADDING;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84863351277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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