Elayne Coakes

This article provides a concrete example of a technique or tool that may improve intensive case research and understanding, especially when considering explanatory case study...

The principles of sociotechnology derive from 19th century movements towards democracy equality in society. Due to its origins, it has been concerned specifically with the...

In this paper, the authors explore the hyphenated spelling variant on papers taken from the Business Source Complete (BSC) repository. This paper finds that the hyphenated...

The concept of using future innovation to achieve “right to market” (R2M) (Koudal & Coleman, 2005) is the focus of this paper. This paper discusses the relationship between...

This chapter emphasizes the importance of formally promoting close social interaction and open knowledge sharing to achieve superior innovation capability. It does so by...

Sociotechnical theory, which focuses on the interplay between social and technical behaviors in a society or organization, encourages critical discussion of the relationship...

This article looks at the concept of communities of practice (CoPs) in the workplace. The theories surrounding these types of communities are still very new and in the process of...

This is the first in a series of articles providing a meta-analysis of journal articles using sociotechnical approaches as a dominant theme. In this article we look at the...

This article provides a concrete example of a technique or tool that may improve intensive case research and understanding, especially when considering explanatory case study...

In 2010 Jeff Baker proposed a panel for the 2010 ICIS Conference in St. Louis on the topic ” Technologies that Transform Business and Research: Lessons from the Past as we look...

In this paper, the authors explore the hyphenated spelling variant on papers taken from the Business Source Complete (BSC) repository. This paper finds that the hyphenated...

The concept of using future innovation to achieve “right to market” (R2M) (Koudal & Coleman, 2005) is the focus of this paper. This paper discusses the relationship between...

This is the first in a series of articles providing a meta-analysis of journal articles using sociotechnical approaches as a dominant theme. In this article we look at the...

This chapter presents the argument that service innovation is promoted by supporting divergent interpretations, enlarging the scope of employee and organizational skills and...

There are now significant numbers of software houses supplying services and solutions for community collaboration. In this article we briefly review the requirements for virtual...

This case study concerns the company Taylor Woodrow, which is a housing, property, and construction business operating internationally in situations where frontline operations...

During the past several decades, information technologies have had profound impacts on organizations and societies of all size and types. In today's rapidly changing...

In order to operate successfully, communities of practice (CoPs) require a number of resources and facilities made readily available to them. These facilities can come in both...

There are now significant numbers of software houses supplying services and solutions for community collaboration. In this article we briefly review the requirements for virtual...

This article looks at the concept of communities of practice (CoPs) in the workplace. The theories surrounding these types of communities are still very new and in the process of...

This article looks at the concept of communities of practice (CoPs) in the workplace. The theories surrounding these types of communities are still very new and in the process of...

The International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM) provides a forum for academics, researchers, and educators to analyze global aspects of knowledge management from...

This case study concerns the company Taylor Woodrow, which is a housing, property, and construction business operating internationally in situations where frontline operations...

This article addresses issues concerning the suitability of particular media as mass communication tools in an UK higher education setting. It looks firstly at the use of e-mail...

Beyond Knowledge Management provides a balance of conceptual and practical aspects of Knowledge Management, offering the opportunity for students and practitioners to understand...

If you want quick-fix solutions, this book is not for you. If you want to “dare to know” how to look at an organisation differently, harness the power of its knowledge, and...

The previous chapter provided a broad introduction to knowledge management. As you might imagine, this is a complex area. This chapter begins to peel away the layers bit by bit...

Sociotechnical thinking is a subset of social theory and philosophy. This way of thinking is particularly relevant in domains such as information management which are closely...

In order to understand knowledge management (KM), reference has been made to the insufficient nature of knowledge seen as either a purely technical or purely social phenomenon....

This research is concerned with developing a framework for the evaluation of an organisation’s potential to engage in knowledge management (an organisation’s ‘KM-readiness’, or...

Previous chapters have discussed the importance of systems and knowledge management. This is especially important with the shifts from traditional, highly structured...

Three areas (staff, structures, and technology) interact in knowledge management. Knowledge processes are about the creation, retention, sharing, identification, acquisition...

The fundamental managerial challenges at the start of the 21st Century centers on how organizations create, share and exploit knowledge. Only managers and consultants with a deep...

Information resource management is too often seen as a domain dominated by technology, or, at best, one in which human considerations are secondary to and dependent on...

This paper investigates the use of computer mediated communication (CMC) in colleges of further and higher education in the UK. Analysis is carried out by institutional type as...

This chapter addresses issues concerning the suitability of particular media as mass communication tools in an UK higher education setting. It looks firstly at the use of e-mail...

This chapter looks at the use of enabling technology, in particular the Internet, to share experiences of socio-technical thinking and practice. From an idea of gathering an...