A model of Performance Improvement Strategy Planning for a construction knowledge management system

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

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

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CECI ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Construction; Consulting firms; Data mining; Knowledge management; Quantitative benefits; Strategy planning

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION KNOWLEDGE; CONSULTING FIRMS; MODEL OF PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; QUANTITATIVE BENEFITS; STRATEGY PLANNING; TESTING RESULTS;

CONSTRUCTION; INDUSTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DATA MINING;

EID: 84863389836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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