As economies continue to evolve, knowledge is being recognized as a business asset and considered a crucial component of business strategy. The ability to manage knowledge is increasingly important for securing and maintaining organizational success and surviving in the knowledge economy. Knowledge
Knowledge Management for Development: Domains, Strategies and Technologies for Developing Countries
โ Scribed by Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Gunjan Mansingh, Lila Rao (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 289
- Series
- Integrated Series in Information Systems 35
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
A number of developing countries, including small island states have common problems that have affected their development and growth. Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives can be used to address some of these issues, but these developing countries need to understand what is needed to implement them, in order to improve economic conditions. While many of these countries have access to technologies that can be used to assist in knowledge management, relevant and low cost KM initiatives need to be considered in improving their existing KM processes. Sectors critical to the growth of these developing countries include health care, crime management, disaster recovery management, small and medium size enterprise development. Knowledge Management for Development: Domains, Strategies and Technologies for Developing Countries highlights the opportunities in these sectors and provides advice as to how these countries should go about understanding, building and adopting the relevant KM strategies and technologies. This book identifies appropriate technologies which should be considered to increase productivity within the identified sectors in the developing countries and also sectors in where knowledge management initiatives can yield maximum value. It also considers the constraints of these territories, recommending appropriate technologies and strategies for KM initiatives. It provides advice on how these technologies should be adopted in these sectors of developing countries. Investing in these strategies should benefit these countries development and growth.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Understanding and Applying Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems in Developing Countries: Some Conceptual Foundations....Pages 1-15
Towards a Community-Centered Knowledge Management Architecture for Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 17-41
Managing Expert Knowledge to Assist in the Management of Coffee Pests and Diseases in Jamaica....Pages 43-56
Implementation of a Multi-agent Supervisory System for an Agricultural Products Sourcing Network....Pages 57-69
Progressive Usage of Business and Spatial Intelligence for Decision Support in the Delivery of Educational Services in Developing Countries....Pages 71-91
Migrating MIS to KMS: A Case of Social Welfare Systems....Pages 93-109
Addressing a Knowledge Externality Schism in Public Policy in the English Speaking Caribbean....Pages 111-119
A Methodology for Developing High Quality Ontologies for Knowledge Management....Pages 121-143
The Role of Ontologies in Developing Knowledge Technologies....Pages 145-156
Knowledge Sharing in Repository-Based KM Systems: A Study in the IT Services Enterprises in India....Pages 157-181
Ability to Share Knowledge of Doctors in Teaching Hospital in Indonesia....Pages 183-197
Knowledge Sharing in the Health Sector in Jamaica: The Barriers and the Enablers....Pages 199-213
The Ulwazi Programme: A Case Study in Community-Focused Indigenous Knowledge Management....Pages 215-232
Knowledge Management for Programs on Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) in South Africa....Pages 233-258
Back Matter....Pages 259-270
โฆ Subjects
Emerging Markets/Globalization; Information Systems and Communication Service; Economic Systems
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