Contemporary Knowledge and Systems Science

Lee, W. B. · Sabetzadeh, Farzad

březen 2018 · IGI Global

Podrobnosti o e‑knize

As branches of research and knowledge continue to expand, platforms for gathering and understanding new information become important aspects of organizational improvement.

Contemporary Knowledge and Systems Science provides emerging research on the methods and applications of knowledge systems in social science, economics, and technological developments. While highlighting topics such as knowledge retention, organizational information, and evolutionary algorithms, this publication explores the different types of new knowledge from a systems perspective. This book is an important resource for researchers, academics, practitioners, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the connections between technology and information in order to manage new data.

O autorovi

W. B. Lee is the Chair Professor of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has pioneered research and practice of knowledge management in various industrial sectors in Hong Kong which include manufacturing, trading, public utilities and health care, and has conducted research projects in knowledge elicitation and mapping, unstructured information management, and organizational learning and innovation. Professor Lee and his team have launched Asia’s first on-line MSc. Program in Knowledge Management, as well as the Global MAKE (Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise) Award in Hong Kong and Mainland China and chair the annual Asian Knowledge Forum. He is currently the chief editor of the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems (Emerald) and the International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IGI Publishing).

Farzad Sabetzadeh has his PhD in Knowledge Management from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Prior to his research focus on knowledge management, he had a multidisciplinary research and work track, both in IT management and Industrial Engineering. He has also spent more than 7 years of continuous research work at the Knowledge Management Research and Innovation Center (KMIRC) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and engaged in various projects of knowledge management in areas like e-learning, personalized learning environment, intellectual capital reporting, big data and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Currently he is working as the knowledge management specialist and research scientist in education industry. His current research is on design and deployment of the state-of-the-art web technologies for knowledge visualization and learning analytics. [Editor]