TY - GEN
T1 - An investigation into the development of knowledge management systems within the leading irish construction companies
AU - Graham, Brian
AU - Thomas, Ken
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The benefits that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring to a construction company within the Irish Construction Industry have yet to fully materialise. However the membership and activities of the Construction Information Technology Alliance (CITA) indicates a genuine desire of the leading participants in the industry to take advantage of these technologies. The focus of this paper shall primarily be that of a review of recent literature pertaining to Knowledge Management, both in general business, and particularly in the construction domain. The paper shall also set the context for Knowledge Management from a leading Irish construction company's perspective, and map out the research methodology that will be undertaken. This methodology will include a detailed survey of the top 20 construction companies (ranked by their 2004 turnover), narrowing down to interviews with key personnel in 5 of these companies, and then undertake case study research of a single organisation.
AB - The benefits that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can bring to a construction company within the Irish Construction Industry have yet to fully materialise. However the membership and activities of the Construction Information Technology Alliance (CITA) indicates a genuine desire of the leading participants in the industry to take advantage of these technologies. The focus of this paper shall primarily be that of a review of recent literature pertaining to Knowledge Management, both in general business, and particularly in the construction domain. The paper shall also set the context for Knowledge Management from a leading Irish construction company's perspective, and map out the research methodology that will be undertaken. This methodology will include a detailed survey of the top 20 construction companies (ranked by their 2004 turnover), narrowing down to interviews with key personnel in 5 of these companies, and then undertake case study research of a single organisation.
KW - Construction IT Alliance (CITA)
KW - Information and communications technologies (ICT)
KW - Irish construction industry
KW - Knowledge management
KW - Research methodology
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84861031263
SN - 0902896938
SN - 9780902896932
T3 - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference
SP - 499
EP - 508
BT - Association of Researchers in Construction Management, ARCOM 2005 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference
Y2 - 7 September 2005 through 9 September 2005
ER -