A Conceptual Framework of Knowledge Transfer from The Construction Company To the Host Community
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2018-02-25
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10th cidb Postgraduate Conference
Abstract
Knowledge transfer and management in organizations throughout the world is a
competitive advantage. It is what the organization knows, how it uses what it knows
and how fast it can discover something new, be it in acquisition of technology for
innovation, or business activities development, studies have been undertaken in this
area to examine knowledge transfer and management process in the organisation. But
little is known about the effectiveness of knowledge transfer by construction
companies to the project host communities. Therefore, this paper builds on existing
concepts of knowledge transfer and diffusion of new ideas and offers a conceptual
framework of knowledge transfer and its diffusion from the construction industry to
the project host community. The conceptual framework identifies stages of
Knowledge conversion and diffusion and factors that are expected to enable the
transfer process at different stages. The framework also shows the inter-relation
between Knowledge transfer and diffusion by combining the theory of Nonaka &
Takeuchi on knowledge creation and shearing with Everett Rogers’s innovation
decision theory. This has been achieved by first, reviewing and discussing theories
relating to diffusion of new idea (NI) and knowledge transfer (KT). Secondly, the
paper evaluates the interrelation between knowledge transfer and diffusion of new
ideas. Thirdly, it establishes a connection between knowledge transfer and diffusion
of new ideas. Finally, it brings the latter in the context of construction industry. This
paper has demonstrated that a construction firm that is able to create and improve its
Knowledge base and transfer such new Knowledge to the community in which it
finds itself, would have much collaboration and a peaceful atmosphere to carry out its
corporate goals or complete its project within schedule.
Description
Fidelis Emuze ed. Proceedings of the 10th cidb Postgraduate Conference
Towards a better route to enhanced productivity, performance, and
transformation of construction
25-27 February 2018
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Keywords
Knowledge transfer, Diffusion of new idea, Construction health and safety, Conceptual framework
Citation
10th cidb Postgraduate Conference Towards a better route to enhanced productivity, performance, and transformation of construction 25-27 February 2018 Port Elizabeth, South Africa