{"title":"Knowledge Management Challenges within Traditional Procurement System","authors":"M. Takhtravanchi, C. Pathirage","volume":120,"journal":"International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering","pagesStart":2038,"pagesEnd":2047,"ISSN":"1307-6892","URL":"https:\/\/publications.waset.org\/pdf\/10005938","abstract":"
In the construction industry, project members are conveyor of project knowledge which is, often, not managed properly to be used in future projects. As construction projects are temporary and unique, project members are willing to be recruited once a project is completed. Therefore, poor management of knowledge across construction projects will lead to a considerable amount of knowledge loss; the ignoring of which would be detrimental to project performance. This issue is more prominent in projects undertaken through the traditional procurement system, as this system does not incentives project members for integration. Thus, disputes exist between the design and construction phases based on the poor management of knowledge between those two phases. This paper aims to highlight the challenges of the knowledge management that exists within the traditional procurement system. Expert interviews were conducted and challenges were identified and analysed by the Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) approach in order to summarise the relationships among them. Two identified key challenges are the Culture of an Organisation and Knowledge Management Policies. A knowledge of the challenges and their relationships will help project manager and stakeholders to have a better understanding of the importance of knowledge management.<\/p>\r\n","references":"[1]\tC. P. Pathirage, R. D. G. Amaratunga, and R. P. Haigh, \u201cTacit knowledge generation and utilisation in the construction industry\u201d, in: Cobra, 2008, Dublin Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland.\r\n[2]\tS. Mohanty, B. Panda, H. Karelia, and R. Issar, \u201cKnowledge Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: The Indian Approach,\u201d 2006.\r\n[3]\tR. E. 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