TY - GEN
T1 - A Workflow-centric Study of Organizational Knowledge Distribution
AU - Leon Zhao, J.
AU - Kumar, Akhil
AU - Stohr, Edward A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2000 IEEE
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Organizations require mechanisms to efficiently distribute knowledge such as news releases, seminar announcements, and memos. While the machinery for information storage, manipulation, and retrieval exists, research dealing directly with knowledge distribution in an organizational context is scarce. In this paper, we address this need by first examining the pros and cons of the conventional “mailing lists” approach and then proposing new workflow mechanisms that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge distribution. The main contributions of this study include: (1) a workflow perspective on organizational knowledge distribution, (2) workflow analysis of two new knowledge distribution methods based on dynamic mailing lists and profile matching, respectively, and (3) a new way of matching knowledge supply and demand that extends existing information filtering algorithms.
AB - Organizations require mechanisms to efficiently distribute knowledge such as news releases, seminar announcements, and memos. While the machinery for information storage, manipulation, and retrieval exists, research dealing directly with knowledge distribution in an organizational context is scarce. In this paper, we address this need by first examining the pros and cons of the conventional “mailing lists” approach and then proposing new workflow mechanisms that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge distribution. The main contributions of this study include: (1) a workflow perspective on organizational knowledge distribution, (2) workflow analysis of two new knowledge distribution methods based on dynamic mailing lists and profile matching, respectively, and (3) a new way of matching knowledge supply and demand that extends existing information filtering algorithms.
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M3 - Conference contribution
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T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
BT - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2000
T2 - 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2000
Y2 - 4 January 2000 through 7 January 2000
ER -