IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Knowledge Sharing and Pervasive Computing: The Need for Trust and a Sense of History

Knowledge Sharing and Pervasive Computing: The Need for Trust and a Sense of History
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Phillip W.J. Brook (University of Western Sydney, Australia)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 13
Source title: Risk Assessment and Management in Pervasive Computing: Operational, Legal, Ethical, and Financial Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Varuna Godara (CEO of Sydney College of Management, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-220-6.ch015

Purchase

View Knowledge Sharing and Pervasive Computing: The Need for Trust and a Sense of History on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

This chapter explores the implications of knowledge sharing in an era of pervasive computing, and concludes that, perhaps counter-intuitively, people will need to come together more to establish the trust that is necessary for effective knowledge sharing. Practices such as team-work should result in closer ties between peers, and this relationship can encourage increased sharing of knowledge related to the work at hand. With the advent of pervasive computing, the question can be asked as to what the impact of this technology could/will have on the sharing of knowledge in a team situation. At the same time, the changing attitudes to how knowledge is acquired make it even more important that knowledge is acquired in its historical context, which may be best achieved by person-to-person knowledge transfer. It is argued that these social aspects will be more important in a world of pervasive computing than in conventional businesses.

Related Content

Bin Guo, Yunji Liang, Zhu Wang, Zhiwen Yu, Daqing Zhang, Xingshe Zhou. © 2014. 20 pages.
Yunji Liang, Xingshe Zhou, Bin Guo, Zhiwen Yu. © 2014. 31 pages.
Igor Bisio, Alessandro Delfino, Fabio Lavagetto, Mario Marchese. © 2014. 33 pages.
Kobkaew Opasjumruskit, Jesús Expósito, Birgitta König-Ries, Andreas Nauerz, Martin Welsch. © 2014. 22 pages.
Viktoriya Degeler, Alexander Lazovik. © 2014. 23 pages.
Vlasios Kasapakis, Damianos Gavalas. © 2014. 26 pages.
Zhu Wang, Xingshe Zhou, Daqing Zhang, Bin Guo, Zhiwen Yu. © 2014. 18 pages.
Body Bottom