tailieunhanh - Knowledge-Based Enterprise: Theories and Fundamentals Part 4

The following case studies illustrate various instances of implementing and interacting with a specific knowledge management initiative. They are diverse both in terms of the industries in which the particular organisations are as well as the countries in which these organisations are located. | Section IV Realities for Knowledge-Based Enterprises TEAM LinG International Case Studies 245 Chapter X International Case Studies Introduction The following case studies illustrate various instances of implementing and interacting with a specific knowledge management initiative. They are diverse both in terms of the industries in which the particular organisations are as well as the countries in which these organisations are located. This serves to highlight the universality need and benefit of knowledge management irrespective of macro and micro differences. Moreover it underscores the need to approach the KM initiative in a holistic and systematic perspective as we have outlined in the preceding chapters of the book. Taken together the case studies provide a useful compilation of lessons learned that can be applied to many KM project. In addition they serve to emphasize the key challenges and benefits of any knowledge management initiative and how the transition to becoming a knowledge-based enterprise is neither easy nor painless. The most important factor is the unifying theme in all the case studies the benefits the respective KM initiative brings to the firm and or industry under consideration. Case 1 IT platform for study and e-collaboration Discusses a Polish experience of implementing a knowledge sharing and e-collaboration environment. Case 2 Distributed knowledge networks Construction industry modernization a discussion of distributing knowledge in the construction industry in Denmark. Copyright 2007 Idea Group Inc. Copying or distributing in print or electronic forms without written permission of Idea Group Inc. is prohibited. TEAM LinG 246 Wickramasinghe von Lubitz Case 3 Keller Williams Realty Consists of a discussion of framing a structure for knowledge sharing in the . real estate industry and has a follow up part B that discusses how Keller Williams Realty cemented these KM relationships. Case 4 Contingency-driven knowledge management in .