Title :
Supporting Knowledge and Expertise Finding within Australia´s Defence Science and Technology Organisation
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Defence, Defence Sci. & Technol. Organ. Fern Hill, Canberra ACT
Abstract :
This paper reports on work aimed at supporting knowledge and expertise finding within a large research and development (R&D) organisation. The paper first discusses the nature of knowledge important to R&D organisations and presents a prototype information system developed to support knowledge and expertise finding. The paper then discusses a trial of the system within an R&D organisation, the implications and limitations of the trial, and discusses future research questions
Keywords :
information systems; knowledge management; military computing; research and development; Australia´s defence science and technology organisation; expertise finding; information system prototype; knowledge; research and development organisation; Arm; Australia; Collaboration; Costs; Cultural differences; Global communication; Information systems; Knowledge management; Prototypes; Research and development;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2007.507
