KnowledgeScope: managing knowledge in context

  • Authors:
  • M. Millie Kwan;P. Balasubramanian

  • Affiliations:
  • School of Business, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China;Information Systems Department, School of Management, Boston University, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

  • Venue:
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Knowledge repositories have been implemented in many organizations, but they often suffer from non-use. This research considers two key design factors that cause non-use: the extra burden on users to document knowledge in the repository, and the lack of a standard knowledge structure that facilitates knowledge sharing among users with different perspectives. We propose a design of a knowledge management system called KnowledgeScope that addresses these problems through (1) an integrated workflow support capability that captures and retrieves knowledge as an organizational process proceeds, i.e., within the context in which it is created and used, and (2) a process meta-model that organizes that knowledge and context in a knowledge repository. In this paper, we describe this design and report the results from implementing it in a real-life organization.