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Knowledge Management in IT
Research Guide
What is Knowledge Management in IT?
Knowledge Management in IT models IT-enabled knowledge flows in value chains, electronic marketplaces, and distributed organizations to capture tacit expertise.
Research examines systems for knowledge sharing in digital economies and e-services. Case studies from e-government and ICT centers highlight implementation strategies. Over 20 papers span 1999-2023, with Leonard (1999) at 38 citations.
Why It Matters
Organizations use knowledge management in IT to design strategic information systems boosting competitiveness (Wang et al., 2006). E-government initiatives in Jordan faced adoption barriers, informing scalable digital service models (Abu-Samaha and Samad, 2007). Digital libraries and ICT community centers apply these systems for local wisdom preservation, enhancing education access (Sompong and Rampai, 2015; Le and Bui, 2020).
Key Research Challenges
Tacit Knowledge Capture
Distributed organizations struggle to codify expertise without losing context. Leonard (1999) notes paradigm shifts in digital education complicate technical communication. Wang et al. (2006) stress e-service strategies for competitive edges.
E-Government Adoption Barriers
Initiatives face technical and cultural hurdles in implementation. Abu-Samaha and Samad (2007) identify challenges in Jordan's first-wave e-government. Kovačević and Đuričković (2011) link these to digital performance gaps.
Interdisciplinary Integration
Building knowledge centers requires cross-domain coordination. Zou et al. (2019) outline strategies for interdisciplinary hubs. Sompong and Rampai (2015) address obstacles in Thai ICT community learning.
Essential Papers
The Growing Trend of Digital Economy: A Review Article
Pongsakorn Limna, Tanpat Kraiwanit, Supaprawat Siripipatthanakul · 2023 · International Journal of Computing Sciences Research · 55 citations
Purpose -The digital economy is becoming more popular these days.Thus, this article aims to review the growing trend in the digital economy systematically.Method -A narrative synthesis was employed...
The web, the millennium, and the digital evolution of distance education
David C. Leonard · 1999 · Technical Communication Quarterly · 38 citations
This paper discusses Industrial and Digital Age educational paradigms, needs, and expectations of adult and traditional learners for Internet‐based education; knowledge management and its impact on...
Challenges to the Jordanian Electronic Government Initiative
Ala M. Abu-Samaha, Yara Abdel Samad · 2007 · Journal of Business Systems Governance & Ethics · 20 citations
This paper aims to present a number of key challenges to the Jordanian Electronic Government Initiative as a precursor to embracing mobile government (the future electronic governmental service pro...
The Strategy of Constructing an Interdisciplinary Knowledge Center
Xiaohui Zou, Shunpeng Zou, Xiaoqun Wang · 2019 · Advances in intelligent systems and computing · 10 citations
The Development Model of Knowledge Management to Strengthen Thai ict Community Learning Center
Narong Sompong, Nattaphon Rampai · 2015 · Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences · 8 citations
The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the problems, obstacles, and best practices in Local Wisdom Knowledge Management for strengthening Thai ICT Community Learning Centers (ICT-CLC) in...
Digitalized management of education and smart school libraries
Hung Ngoc Le, Phuong Thi Bui · 2020 · Vietnam Journal of Education (online)/Vietnam Journal of Education/Giáo dục · 5 citations
Case studies of changes in the status and roles of smart school libraries point out that the world has entered the “digital era” with digital libraries, smart libraries, smart schools and smart cla...
Development and Strategy of Knowledge Management for E-services
Tianyong Wang, Zhengliang Xu, Ge Gao · 2006 · 4 citations
Knowledge management has become increasingly critical for the success of companies in this emerging era of e-commerce. As business activities increasingly shift to the Web, the challenge facing cor...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Leonard (1999) for digital education paradigms and KM impacts (38 citations), then Wang et al. (2006) for e-service strategies, and Abu-Samaha and Samad (2007) for e-government case challenges.
Recent Advances
Study Limna et al. (2023, 55 citations) for digital economy trends, Zou et al. (2019) for interdisciplinary centers, and Le and Bui (2020) for smart library digitalization.
Core Methods
Core techniques involve narrative synthesis (Limna et al., 2023), case studies of ICT centers (Sompong and Rampai, 2015), and strategy models for e-services (Wang et al., 2006).
How PapersFlow Helps You Research Knowledge Management in IT
Discover & Search
Research Agent uses searchPapers and exaSearch to find 250M+ OpenAlex papers on 'knowledge management e-services', revealing Wang et al. (2006) as a hub via citationGraph. findSimilarPapers expands from Leonard (1999) to digital economy trends like Limna et al. (2023).
Analyze & Verify
Analysis Agent employs readPaperContent on Abu-Samaha and Samad (2007) for e-government challenges, then verifyResponse with CoVe for hallucination checks. runPythonAnalysis processes citation networks from Leonard (1999) using pandas for trend visualization; GRADE scores evidence strength in tacit knowledge claims.
Synthesize & Write
Synthesis Agent detects gaps in e-government KM via contradiction flagging across Kovačević and Đuričković (2011) and Sompong and Rampai (2015). Writing Agent applies latexEditText, latexSyncCitations for 20-paper reviews, and latexCompile for publication-ready manuscripts with exportMermaid diagrams of knowledge flows.
Use Cases
"Analyze citation trends in knowledge management for digital education from 1999-2023."
Research Agent → searchPapers → citationGraph on Leonard (1999) → Analysis Agent → runPythonAnalysis (pandas/matplotlib for trend plots) → CSV export of top papers.
"Synthesize challenges in Thai ICT knowledge centers with LaTeX report."
Research Agent → exaSearch 'Sompong Rampai 2015' → Synthesis Agent → gap detection → Writing Agent → latexEditText + latexSyncCitations + latexCompile → PDF with knowledge flow diagram.
"Find GitHub repos implementing e-service KM strategies from papers."
Research Agent → searchPapers 'Wang et al 2006 e-services' → Code Discovery → paperExtractUrls → paperFindGithubRepo → githubRepoInspect → verified code examples.
Automated Workflows
Deep Research workflow conducts systematic reviews of 50+ KM papers, chaining searchPapers → citationGraph → structured reports on digital economy trends (Limna et al., 2023). DeepScan applies 7-step analysis with CoVe checkpoints to verify e-government challenges (Abu-Samaha and Samad, 2007). Theorizer generates theories on tacit knowledge flows from Leonard (1999) and Zou et al. (2019).
Frequently Asked Questions
What defines Knowledge Management in IT?
It models IT-enabled knowledge flows in value chains and captures tacit expertise in distributed organizations via systems like e-services (Wang et al., 2006).
What are key methods in this subtopic?
Methods include narrative synthesis for digital economy reviews (Limna et al., 2023) and case studies for ICT centers (Sompong and Rampai, 2015).
What are influential papers?
Leonard (1999, 38 citations) covers digital education KM; Abu-Samaha and Samad (2007, 20 citations) analyzes e-government challenges.
What open problems exist?
Challenges persist in tacit knowledge digitization and interdisciplinary centers (Zou et al., 2019; Kovačević and Đuričković, 2011).
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