Knowledge management challenges within
traditional procurement system

Takhtravanchi, M; Pathirage, C

Abstract

In the construction industry, project knowledge mostly resides in the minds of project members and is, often, not managed properly so it can be used in future projects. As construction projects are temporary and unique, project members leave a project for another one 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 encourages fragmentation rather than 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 construction projects undertaken through 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.

Citation

traditional procurement system

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Conference Name: 2016 : 18th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications
• Conference Location: Sydney, Australia
• Start Date: Dec 15, 2016
• End Date: Dec 16, 2016
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Jan 12, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: May 3, 2019
• Journal: International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering
• Publisher: World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 2452-2460
• Publisher URL: http://waset.org/Publication/knowledge-management-challenges-within-traditional-procurement-system/10005938
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference