This paper presents an analytical framework for an effective online personal knowledge management (PKM) of knowledge workers. The development of this framework is prompted by our qualitative research on the PKM processes and cognitive enablers of knowledge workers in eight organisations selected from three main industries in Malaysia. This multiple-case research identifies the relationships bet...

The paper suggests a research framework focused on assessing the viability of virtual communities of practice (VCOP) as an effective means of knowledge management. While the dearth of current research on VCOP and knowledge management has suggested a need for personal contact in order to facilitate effective knowledge transfer, research in this area is limited. It is our contention that certain ...

Obviously, data management is critical for appropriate and effective utilization of large volumes of data. In scientific and engineering computing problems today there are considerable independent efforts for data collection and simulation. To properly understand a phenomenon of interest, one much consider a notion of data fusion, by which these disparate sources can be utilized. For example, s...

This paper presents a tool for semantic personal knowledge management called Hypertext Knowledge Workbench (HKW), an editor and browser for semantic personal knowledge models. The tool is designed to be used by a single person to manage her personal notes about any topic that seems relevant. Existing wikis and semantic wikis represent content as pages with a title and content. Hypertext-based K...

The importance of electronic collaboration has risen as successful organisations recognize that they need to convert their intellectual resources into goods and services their customers will value. The shift from personal computing to interpersonal or collaborative computing has given rise to ways of working that may bring about better and more effective use of intellectual resources. Current e...

Semantic Web technologies promise great benefits for Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) and Knowledge Management (KM) in general when data needs to be exchanged or integrated. However, the Semantic Web also introduces new issues rooted in its distributed nature as multiple ontologies exist to encode data in the Personal Information Management (PIM) domain. This poses problems for applications ...

The knowledge economy, globalisation, information technologies have an unquestionable influence on human information behaviour. In the competitive environment, individuals and organizations appreciate the important role of personal knowledge and information. My concept of knowledge and information management by individuals is based on among others two theories: Personal Information Management (...

This paper positions and justifies an ongoing research project, the doctoral research of the first-named author. Two of the authors have previously critically reviewed the literature concerning the relationships between data, information and knowledge (Gregory & Descubes 2011a). This paper introduces personal information management systems PIMS as a mechanism used to support the personal knowle...

the purpose of this study is to evaluate greenhouse owners’ knowledge regarding integrated pest management (ipm) in the production of greenhouse cucumber in khorasan razavi province.the survey research was a descriptive – correlational one. the study consisted of all farmers who cultivated greenhouse cucumber in khorasan razavi province (n=160), of whom 108 were selected through a random sampli...