Knowledge Building And Corpora

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and develop and maintain corporate memory?


INTRODUCTION ?

As the technologies of computers and other forms of electronic communication continue to converge, and it is more common for people to have computers at workplace and at their homes, our interaction with one another likewise has undergone a change, people will continue to interact in new and different ways.

Global competitive pressures and continuos innovations are forcing many organisation to rethink the manner in which they do business and re-engineer themselves, by taking an interest in Knowledge Management ie the management and use of their intellectual assets and corporate memory. They are looking at how to share information and eventually benefit from it. While technology is important for development of such a system, it has been found that the cultural obstacles are the key factor for such a system in becoming successful. For example, there can be a reluctance to participate if the act of sharing ...

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the term, which is introduced in the following paragraph, is the most appropriate for the topic.

GROUPWARE ?

Before moving ahead with the topic of our discussion lets look at the definition of GroupWare. Malone (cited in Coleman and Shapiro, 1992) defines GroupWare as "information technology used to help people work together more effectively." Winogard (cited in Coleman and Shapiro, 1992) defines it as "a state of mind." Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz who at first determined GroupWare as "intentional group processes plus software to support them" (Johnson-Lenzes, 1982) now determine it as "computer-mediated culture" (Johnson-Lenzes, 1992). Grudin (1991) notes how different ...

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