An Organizational Memory Approach to the Knowledge Dissemination of Post-Project Reviews: Combining Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning

Current research on and practices of post-project reviews (PPR) are ad hoc in nature. This paper introduces an organizational memory (OM) approach to evaluating the knowledge dissemination function of post-project reviews in a systematic and quantitative way. The approach is based on a network topology of organizational memory and its structural changes during PPRs (i.e., network dynamics). We try to associate PPRs and OM in the sense that both facilitate organizational learning (OL) through knowledge management (KM). At the end of the paper, some suggestions on improving the practice and research of PPRs are given

Internet of things security implementation using blockchain for wireless technology

Blockchain is a new security system which group many data into a block or so called classifying the data into a block. The block can have many types and each of them content data and security code. By using a decentralize mechanism, one security code protect all the data. That could happen at the server. In this research, a network of wireless sensor technology is proposed. The transmission of sensor data is via the Internet of things (Internet of Thing) technology. As many data transmitted, they have to classified and group them into a block. All the blocks are then send to the central processing unit, like a microcontroller. The block of data is then processed, identified and encrypted before send over the internet network. At the receiver, a GUI or Apps is developed to open and view the data. The Apps or GUI have an encrypted data or security code. User must key in the password before they can view the data. The password used by the end user at the Apps or GUI must be equivalent to the one encrypted at the sensor nodes. This is to satisfy the decentralized concept used in the Blockchain. To demonstrate the Blockchain technology applied to the wireless sensor network, a MATLAB Simulink function is used. The expected results should show a number of block of data in cryptography manner and chain together. The two set of data. Both have the data encrypted using hash. The black dots indicate the data has been encrypted whereas the white dot indicate indicates the data is not encrypted. The half white and half black indicates the data is in progress of encrypted. All this data should arrange in cryptography order and chain together in a vertical line. A protocol called block and chain group the data into the block and then chain then. The data appears in the blocks and send over the network. As seen in the simulation results, the yellow color represents the user data. This data has a default amplitude as 1 or 5. The data is chained and blocked to produce the Blockchain waveform Keywords: Blockchain, Internet of things, Wireless Sensor Network and MATLAB Simulin

Knowledge-Based Engineering supported by the Digital-Twin: the case of the Power Transformer at EFACEC

Industry 4.0 has made it possible for emerging technologies to revolutionize how organizations operate. New applications, supported by the Internet of things, cyber physical systems, and cloud computing, take advantage of large data exchange networks that capture data from the real and virtual world, to generate valuable insights for product development. This, together with the growing digitalization of product lifecycle information, has made information the most valuable asset of an organization, as it can be applied to improve product design, reduce lead time and decrease monetary costs. However, the growing volume, formats, and purposes of the information an organization captures, also brings challenges for information management, and consequently, appropriate IM and KM instruments and strategies must be adopted to successfully take advantage of organizational knowledge. The adoption of Knowledge-based Engineering can accomplish these goals. KBE refers to the knowledge management tasks of capturing, storing, modeling, coding, and sharing of organizational knowledge, both in explicit form, such as documents, and tacit form, present in the minds of employees. Ultimately, this results in systems that can automate design tasks. Also in the context of technological advances, a new concept called Digital Twin has emerged, which employs bidirectional data transmission to mirror the lifecycle of a physical product, in the virtual realm. Proposed DT functionalities actively use organizational knowledge to improve and automate product design, and as such, this technology can be an adequate vessel for KBE. This dissertation focuses on the implementation of the Digital Twin in power transformer development processes. Using the case of Efacec, a portuguese firm of the energy sector, the DT concept was developed, and this involved defining functionalities that are driven by organizational knowledge to automate, optimize, and streamline PT design tasks, thus accomplishing the goal of KBE. Some of the proposed DT features are the generation of design templates, the identification of design non-conformities, and the capture of engineer feedback. Furthermore, the DT information architecture that is required for these functionalities to successfully be implemented, was envisioned, by defining all captured and generated information in each PT lifecycle phase. Finally, a faceted classification scheme that classifies DT information and enables queries within the DT platform, was developed

A systematic review of knowledge sharing challenges and practices in global software development

Abstract not availableMansooreh Zahedia, Mojtaba Shahinb, Muhammad Ali Baba

A framework for active software engineering ontology

The passive structure of ontologies results in the ineffectiveness to access and manage the knowledge captured in them. This research has developed a framework for active Software Engineering Ontology based on a multi-agent system. It assists software development teams to effectively access, manage and share software engineering knowledge as well as project information to enable effective and efficient communication and coordination among teams. The framework has been evaluated through the prototype system as proof-of-concept experiments

Reaching for the Moon: Expanding transactive memory\u27s reach with wikis and tagging

Transactive memory systems (TMS) support knowledge sharing and coordination in groups. TMS are enabled by the encoding, storage, retrieval, and communication of knowledge by domain experts-knowing who knows what. The NASA Ames Intelligent Robotics Group provides an example of how TMS theoretical boundaries are stretched in actual use. This group is characterized as being highly innovative as they routinely engage in field studies that are inherently difficult due to time and technology resource constraints. We provide an expanded view of TMS that includes the technology support system available to this group, and possible further extensions to NASA\u27s or other such dynamic groups\u27 practice

MANAGING POLICY NETWORKS: A SOCIAL MARKETING- AND COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS-DRIVEN VIEW

This research contributes a new view of Policy Networks (PN) management. The research object is a successful PN practice in the Basque Country (BC) over an 8-year period, in relation to Local Agenda 21 (LA21) promotion. The Basque experience is studied using a qualitative and a quantitative approach. PNs are viewed as social marketing-driven collective intelligence systems built to have an effect on municipality commitment to LA21 (in terms of value, satisfaction and loyalty). The research concludes that by fostering the co-development ‘genome’ (a mix of co-decision, co-creation, love, glory and money ‘genes’) a commitment to the new tool is achieved.

Case Study: Using Cloudworks for an Open Literature Review

This case study is one of a series exploring the ongoing use and development of the Cloudworks site. This case study will focus on an expert elicitation Cloudscape established to support a literature review project led by the University of Exeter and funded by the Higher Education Academy (HEA): "The positioning of educational technologists in enhancing the student experience". We will look in detail at the way the site was utilised by the project teams and other participants in the review, and evaluate the site's effectiveness in supporting this piece of research. We will make recommendations for the development of support resources associated with the site and suggest factors that might impact on the success of similar activities

Social recognition provision patterns in professional Q&A forums in Healthcare and Construction

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. For some decades, professional Q&A forums have been used as a mainstream way of sharing practices between novices and experts. Several forums have had time to develop their own communities and habits, which made them a suitable place to explore patterned epistemic practices. In this paper we look at the social recognition, help seeking and informal learning patterns in communities of practice; our aim is to use the corresponding outputs to scaffold technology supported informal learning. We analyzed professional discussion forums in two countries (UK and Germany) in two different sectors (Healthcare and Construction). We identified a set of interrelated patterns that are used for socially verifying and maturing rules and guidelines, solving problems, introducing new practices and triggering learning. Some particular social recognition and learning trends common in Healthcare and Construction sector Q&A forums are highlighted. We discuss epistemic practice pattern networks for developing scaffolds to enhance the quality of informal learning in workplace environments in an integrated way. We suggest and validate empirically a model of social recognition provision in Q&A forums

IT to support knowledge sharing in communities, towards a social capital analysis

Ignoring the informal, non-canonical nature of knowledge sharing, including people's motivation, ability and opportunity to share knowledge, is one of the key causes of resistance to use knowledge-sharing tools. In order to improve knowledge sharing supported by information technology (IT), tools need to be embedded in the social networks of which it is part. This has implications for our knowledge on the design requirements of such socially embedded IT. The paper reviews tools that are designed for the purpose to foster social capital. We will then discuss what is needed for an IS design theory related to knowledge communities and how such a theory could incorporate social capital theory