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DTI funds another research
project for the benefit of small-medium
enterprises in construction
DTI funded a new research project on Knowledge
Management in construction. The project,
which is entitled 'A Knowledge Management
Approach for SME's', involves 10 construction
companies, 3 construction networks and
2 universities. Its duration is 18 months.
The aim of this project is to improve
knowledge management (KM) in SMEs improving
people, processes and products to provide
economic, social and sustainability benefits.
The objectives are:
- to test a semi-formalised technique
for capturing, transforming and disseminating
the learning of individuals in SME construction
organisations.
- to assess the impact of the dissemination
of transferable learning.
- to identify barriers to achieving
knowledge transfer within SMEs.
- to investigate ways that this knowledge
management process can become an
endemic part of the project cycle.
- to investigate how IT can be used
to operate this KM process.
- to develop a promotion and training
package for SMEs on the KM
approach.
- DTI underpins research into
Knowledge Management by supporting
3 new
projects under PII initiative
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