Abstract
The construction industry is viewed globally as a project-based industry, as project personnel move from project to project upon completion. Society is also becoming knowledge-based, so that knowledge can provide firms with competitive advantage in this age of dwindling resources. As a result, two important issues arise that require our careful attention, i.e. the knowledge and learning aspects in construction projects. These issues influence the working of companies' employees as well as the quality of service provided to clients. CEOs from 200 top international design firms and 225 top international contractors were selected for this study in June 2004 with a 15.5% response rate. The study emphasizes that project-based organizations face many difficulties in ensuring adequate learning and knowledge sharing within and across projects, as projects themselves do not share experiences with other projects routinely and naturally. Both personalization and codification knowledge-sharing mechanisms should be properly deployed to projects in order to prevent employees from reinventing the wheel and leveraging on companies' knowledge stocks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Construction Research Congress 2005 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress |
| Pages | 431-440 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 Nov 2005 |
| Event | Construction Research Congress 2005: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 5 Apr 2005 → 7 Apr 2005 |
Conference
| Conference | Construction Research Congress 2005: Broadening Perspectives - Proceedings of the Congress |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Diego, CA |
| Period | 5/04/05 → 7/04/05 |
Keywords
- Knowledge management
- Knowledge sharing
- Learning
- Project-based organizations
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering