Knowledge Management in Public Construction Project Initiation

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Author(s): Marja Naaranoja (University of Vaasa, Finland)and Lorna Uden (Staffordshire University, UK)
Copyright: 2014
Pages: 14
Source title: Building a Competitive Public Sector with Knowledge Management Strategy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Yousif Al-Bastaki (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)and Amani Shajera (University of Bahrain, Bahrain)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4434-2.ch020

Keywords: Business and Organizational Research / Business Science Reference / Government & Law / Public & Sector Management

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Despite the importance of knowledge integration in construction project management, it rarely happens in reality. This chapter describes two case studies involving knowledge management of a public construction project for two universities in Finland. There were many different stakeholders involved in the projects. Although much effort has been put into the project during the initial stages, the projects’ starts were delayed. This chapter gives underlying reasons for the delays followed by proposing an approach where co-creation of value for knowledge integration can be used to overcome the problems with the conflicting interests of the stakeholders. The other project introduces a small project where the initiator is a facility owner. This study shows how the selection of the stakeholders for decision-making was a challenge.

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