An innovative approach to identifying knowledge management problems

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-357

  Al Ghassani, A M ^a   Kamara, J M ^b   Anumba, C J ^a   Carrillo, P M ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knowledge management; Organizations; Software prototyping

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CROSS-SECTORAL LEARNING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM); KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT (KM) SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9444230491     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980410558548     Document Type: Article

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