Project organizations make particular demands on the management of knowledge both within projects and across projects. In this contribution we present a method kit for the improvement of knowledge management in a project organization in the German Federal Armed Forces. The kit was developed in...

Although collaboration is widely accepted as the most efficient method for creating value some important barriers of knowledge sharing arise leading to the creation of noncollaborative environments. Especially in developing countries, universities have to face new challenges that rise from...

In this paper we propose a classification and systematic description structure based on the pattern paradigm for interaction scripts in Second Life that aim at facilitating knowledge sharing and knowledge integration in groups. We present eight examples of such interactions, a description...

The established methods used for measuring labour productivity ― originally designed for the manufacturing sector ― do not fit the specific characteristics of knowledge work. We therefore propose a more appropriate understanding of the driving forces behind knowledge work productivity,...

The advent of information and communication technology (ICT) provides opportunities for employees with offices in geographically dispersed locations to communicate, share and collaborate on projects to achieve common business goals. This paper describes the experiences of two Romanian telecom...

Developing successful knowledge management (KM) processes is extremely difficult. In general, a large number of all KM projects end unsuccessfully. The aim of this paper is to summarize and study the attempts to take advantage of Lessons Learned in the Swedish Armed Forces (SwAF), focusing on...

Due to increasing professionalization and specialization in the development of computer and video games new challenges regarding the support of knowledge-intensive activities emerge. This paper aims at sensitizing and systematizing the needs and potentials for continuous integration of knowledge...

In the context of the Balanced Scorecard development in the Upper Austrian Gesundheits- und Spitals AG (gespag) the methodology of strategy maps was applied in order to build a base for the definition of relevant areas of strategic measures. When applying the methodology it turned out that it is...

This paper proposes a conceptual definition that can used as a starting point to contextualize knowledge initiatives in international organizations and other types of non-profit organizations interested in knowledge management. Organizational leaders, knowledge managers and consultants involved...

The quality of the current tagging services can be greatly improved if the service is able to cluster tags by their meaning. Tag clouds clustered by higher level topics enable the users to explore their tag space, which is especially needed when tag clouds become large. We demonstrate TagCluster...