Research on knowledge sharing model of engineering consulting businesses

Author

Chen, Xiao-man

Author_Institution

Coll. of Mech. & Electr. Eng, Wenzhou Univ., Wenzhou, China

Volume

Part 1

fYear

2011

fDate

3-5 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

339

Lastpage

342

Abstract

The engineering consulting business is a knowledge enterprise. And the knowledge management is the core of its management. The knowledge management of the inner part of the enterprise includes the management of the human capital and the organization capital. It involves the person (the knowledge employee), the information technology and the organization structure. The purpose of the knowledge management is to enhance the core competition through knowledge sharing. Based on the organization structure and the information technology, several kinds of knowledge sharing models existed in the engineering consulting businesses are analyzed. It shows that the Creative-Flat knowledge sharing model is the best choice for the engineering consulting business´s own characteristics.

Keywords

consultancies; knowledge management; organisational aspects; core competition; creative-flat knowledge sharing model; engineering consulting business; human capital; information technology; knowledge employee; knowledge enterprise; knowledge management; organization capital; organization structure; Databases; Industries; Information technology; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge management; Organizations; Engineering consulting business; information technology; knowledge sharing; organization structure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IE&EM), 2011 IEEE 18Th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Changchun

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-446-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIEEM.2011.6035171

Filename

6035171