Knowledge Management System in a Collaborative Environment

Knowledge Management System in a Collaborative Environment

Author: Rusli Abdullah
Publisher: UPM Press
ISBN: 9675026249
Page: 94 m/s
Year: 2008
Price: RM30

Knowledge is power. Most of the organizations today are looking on this matter as a very important issue and try to search the best way to manage or organize this knowledge for sustain a higher rate of continuous improvement. Meanwhile, knowledge management system (KMS) is a system that related to the process of knowledge acquisition, re-use, searching and representation onto the people as a human capital in a variety of form. This role of KMS could be determined by looking on the issues of the right knowledge could be acquired and disseminated to the right people at the right time in the faster ways that based on the simplest command or using intelligent agent that places into the system in order to manage the relevant knowledge of community of practice (CoP) to work collaboratively. KMS also could be viewed on how the processes involves in order to gather the knowledge and store it into the proper place and format as well to apply it for any kind of purposes.

This books seeks to provide the concept and architecture of KMS development and implementation in the organization and discusses various aspects in terms of knowledge acquisition, dissemination and application that involved in many other fields which will help the organizations to increase its productivity and quality as well as to gain return on investment (ROI). A part from that, this book also provides deep useful information and guidance systematically for people in a CoP who are interested in the field of KM within the collaborative environment in term of analysis and system design, its solution as well as the technology involvement.

Last, but not least, this book is also designed especially for students or somebody who are studies or interested in KM program or any fields that related to KM system development and implementation.