Based on the literature on decision support systems, we develop propositions about the appropriateness of knowledge management system (KMS) designs for different organizational knowledge processing challenges. An exploratory field experiment is conducted in the context of Internet-based online knowledge sharing services to provide empirical support for our propositions. The results of our exper...

This study was conducted to examine the contribution that a knowledge management system (KMS) makes to individual learning in an organizational setting. Open-ended survey questions were used to collect data to help us understand user perceived system quality, information quality, and organizational conditions, which are believed to enhance the degree of KMS use in the respondents’ organizationa...

Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) are typically built with a departmental focus, making it difficult to share and utilize knowledge across departmental boundaries. Integrating such " knowledge pockets " into a knowledge network requires resolving structural differences and coordinating both knowledge processes and software components. Here we identify a set of coordination requirements for the...

The term knowledge management system (KMS) has been used widely to denote information and communication technologies in support of knowledge management. However, so far investigations about the notion of KMS, their functions and architecture as well as the differences to more traditional information systems remain on an abstract level. This paper reviews the literature on KMS and distills a num...

Cloud computing services are a new information technology trend for business applications in knowledge management systems (KMS). The link between cloud computing services and KMS is a new concept, and methods for selecting multiple choice goals of cloud computing service provider have lacked a formal reference framework. From the perspectives of customer needs and technology requirements, selec...

The health care industry is increasingly becoming a knowledge-based community that depends critically on knowledge management (KM) activities to improve the quality of care. Utilizing knowledge management systems (KMS) to manage medical information and health care knowledge to support the full spectrum of knowledge needs in the nursing process has become an important issue for nursing professio...