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Sustainable continuity of corporate portals after implementation

AuthorSnepvangers, Martijn
Call NumberAIT RSPR no.IM-02-08
Subject(s)Knowledge management

NoteA Research Study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
Series StatementResearch studies project report ;no. IM-02-08
AbstractCorporate portals try to capture knowledge, both tacit and explicit, that resides with the employees. This research argues that one of the success criteria for corporate portals is maintenance, or sustainable continuity after implementation. This depends on technical factors such as the information infrastructure, as well as ability of the organizational environment to create a caring environment for employees in which the sharing of knowledge is motivated. These results are based on a study carried out during an internship at Infosys Technologies, a large Indian IT company based in Bangalore. Although design and implementation of a knowledge management system are imp01iant success factors, the sustainability of a well set-up lrnowledge management system depends on how well it is, can be maintained. Knowledge can be ve1y volatile, especially in a corporate environment, lrnowledge is also represented in many ways, every person represents his or her lrnowledge on his or her own 'personal ontology' and lrnowledge systems also have their own ways of lrnowledge representation. Therefore, the ability to capture and recapture lrnowledge and to enable the ability to share lrnowledge among employees (the lrnowledge workers) is of critical importance.
Year2002
Corresponding Series Added EntryAsian Institute of Technology. Research studies project report ;no. IM-02-08
TypeResearch Study Project Report (RSPR)
SchoolSchool of Advanced Technologies (SAT)
DepartmentDepartment of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT)
Academic Program/FoSEnvironmental Engineering and Management (EV)
Chairperson(s)Sadananda, R.;
Examination Committee(s)Guha, Sumanta; Aekavute Sujaree;
Scholarship Donor(s)Postgraduate Technological Studies Programme (PTS) of the European Commission;
DegreeResearch Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002


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