Many application domains require representing interrelated real-world activities and/or evolving physical phenomena. In the crisis response domain, for instance, one may be interested in representing the state of the unfolding crisis (e.g., forest fire), the progress of the response activities such as evacuation and traffic control, and the state of the crisis site(s). Such a situation represen...

The explosive interest in Knowledge Management and systems to support this as an organizational endeavour, require closer scrutiny than might be normal from the I/S function. Empirical research indicates that knowledge based systems might be better considered as ‘peoplecentric’, rather than from a technology platform perspective.

Knowledge Portals (KPs) are highly integrative Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) that promise to synthesize widely dispersed knowledge and to interconnect individuals in order to provide a ‘one-stop knowledge shop’. Yet, KPs face major challenges in practice, as the intricacies of knowledge exchange are subject to varied individual and social factors. At the same time, growing anecdotal eviden...

A R&I&i process for a knowledge management system development is presented. It transforms different institutions experiences into organisational knowledge applicable to an entire sector, the higher education one specifically. The knowledge management system allows classifying, organising, distributing and facilitating the application of the knowledge generated by the faculty. A study, with more...

We are not only in a new millennium but also a new era. A variety of terms such as the Post-Industrial Era (Huber, 1990), the Information Age (Shapiro et al, 1999), the Third Wave (Hope et al, 1999) or the Knowledge Society (Drucker, 1999) are being used to describe this epoch. However, whichever term one subscribes to, most are agreed that one of the key defining and unifying themes of this pe...

The meaning of knowledge management and the requirements of public management on knowledge management are first presented, based on which the solution consideration to integrate E-knowledge management into public management is proposed. The key issues on implementing E-knowledge management in public management concentrate on the process of knowledge, which refer to knowledge representation, kno...

The Abou-Zeid Knowledge Management Reference Model provides a structure for the elements necessary for a holistic knowledge management support system. The model underscores the importance for an effective system to consist of three layers: business aspects and associated knowledge nuggets; processes which enable the manipulation and update of these nuggets; and technology that makes this manipu...

A modern knowledge infrastructure has specific technological properties that enable organizations to function with far greater efficacy. It is digital, modular, mobile, reliable, global, unified, accessible, update-able, fast, and interactive. These ten properties of a modern knowledge infrastructure in turn enhance the capabilities of the knowledge management system. The strengthened capabilit...

This paper looks at the convergence of knowledge management and Enterprise 2.0 and describes the possibilities for an over-arching exchange and transfer of knowledge in Enterprise 2.0. This will be underlined by the presentation of the concrete example of T-System Multimedia Solutions (MMS), which describes the establishment of a new enterprise division "IG eHealth". This is typified by the dec...