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Carrillo, P (2004) Managing knowledge: lessons from the oil and gas sector. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 631-42.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Knowledge management; construction; oil and gas sector
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0144619042000226289
  • Abstract:

    Knowledge management (KM) is of increasing interest to a number of leading UK construction organizations. Companies are keen to find out what other organizations are doing both within the construction and other industry sectors. There are important lessons to be learned from Canadian oil and gas organizations on how they manage their knowledge. A case study is used to explore the KM activities of eight leading organizations and investigate the opportunities for construction organizations to adopt some of their ideas. Three areas are covered: KM strategy and implementation, people aspects of KM and metrics for KM performance. There are several potential lessons for UK organizations: the need for KM to be driven by senior management if it is to have any notable success; the use of people-centred techniques for sharing tacit knowledge and IT tools for sharing explicit knowledge; the importance of selling solutions to project teams to obtain employee support for KM; peer recognition has a more sustainable impact than financial reward; and KM measurement should be considered as a way of improving its impact, rather than justifying expenditure.

Chew, M Y L, Silva, N D and Tan, S S (2004) A neural network approach to assessing building façade maintainability in the tropics. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 581-94.

Ho, M-F, Drew, D, McGeorge, D and Loosemore, M (2004) Implementing corporate ethics management and its comparison with the safety management system: a case study in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 595-606.

Johnstone, I M (2004) Development of a model to estimate the benefit-cost ratio performance of housing. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 607-17.

Lowe, D J and Parvar, J (2004) A logistic regression approach to modelling the contractor's decision to bid. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 643-53.

Rooke, J, Seymour, D and Fellows, R (2004) Planning for claims: an ethnography of industry culture. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 655-62.

Trigunarsyah, B (2004) A review of current practice in constructability improvement: case studies on construction projects in Indonesia. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 567–80-.

Wong, E O W and Yip, R C P (2004) Promoting sustainable construction waste management in Hong Kong. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 563-6.

Yang, I-T and Ioannou, P G (2004) Scheduling system with focus on practical concerns in repetitive projects. Construction Management and Economics, 22(06), 619-30.