Harvesting and Managing Knowledge in Construction
eBook - ePub

Harvesting and Managing Knowledge in Construction

From Theoretical Foundations to Business Applications

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Harvesting and Managing Knowledge in Construction

From Theoretical Foundations to Business Applications

About this book

A successful construction business is a knowledge business. And knowledge must be managed effectively to be used efficiently, especially in a complex project-oriented business such as construction, where skills acquired and lessons learned on one project need to be applied to the next.

A holistic approach to knowledge management (KM) is taken in this book to incorporate all of the relevant themes, tackling technological, socio-cultural and organizational issues, with the creation of value as a focus throughout. Information is drawn from a broad range of sources to explain core theories and provide guidance on practical application. Topics covered include:

  • changing business relationships in a knowledge economy
  • knowledge creation processes and theories
  • data, text and knowledge mining techniques
  • the learning construction organization
  • future technology for knowledge management.

Written by the authors of the first EU-funded KM research project in the field of construction, this textbook is uniquely well-researched, and is the perfect introduction to KM for students across the built environment. It is also a crucial guide to the topic for practitioners.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. List of abbreviations
  10. 1 Introduction
  11. 2 Changing business relationships
  12. 3 Construction in the knowledge economy
  13. 4 Evolution of knowledge management in the construction industry
  14. 5 Knowledge perspectives, approaches and creation processes
  15. 6 Knowledge management systems
  16. 7 Domain conceptualisation through ontology
  17. 8 Construction ontology development
  18. 9 Complex problem solving: the use of evolutionary algorithms
  19. 10 Application of genetic algorithms for design
  20. 11 Future technology for knowledge management
  21. 12 Knowledge-infused alliances of companies
  22. 13 Ingredients for a successful knowledge construction organisation
  23. 14 Value creation: the future of knowledge management in construction
  24. References
  25. Index