Bilgi yönetimi sağlayıcıları ve inşaat firmalarının performansı

Abstract

İnşaat firmaları, ürün tabanlı ekonomiden (ü-ekonomi) bilgi tabanlı bir ekonomiye geçiş içerisindedirler. Ürün tabanlı ekonomide rekabetin temeli, mal ve hizmet üretimindeki finansal sermayenin kontrolü etrafında; bilgi ekonomisinde ise, rekabetin temeli mal ve hizmet üretimindeki bilginin yönetilmesi etrafında düzenlenmektedir. Bu yüzden, bilginin yönetilmesi; bilgi ekonomisindeki inşaat yöneticilerini ilgilendiren önemli bir kavramdır. Burada sunulan çalışmada bu önemli kavram üzerinde odaklanılmaktadır. İnşaat firmalarındaki bilgi yönetimi uygulamalarının firma performansı üzerindeki etkisi ampirik olarak araştırılmaktadır. Araştırma bulguları, teknolojik bilgi yönetimi ve yapısal bilgi yönetimi sağlayıcıları ile inşaat firmalarının performansı arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu fakat kültürel bilgi yönetimi sağlayıcısı ile inşaat firmanın performansı arasında pozitif ve anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığını ortaya koymaktadır

Keywords

• Bilgi yönetim modeli, inşaat firmalarında bilgi yönetimi, bilgi yönetimi sağlayıcıları, firma performansı

Knowledge management enablers and construction firm performance

Abstract

Construction business landscape is being transformed from production-based economy (p-economy) into a knowledge-based economy (k-economy). In p-economy, the basis of competition is organized around the control of financial capital (i.e., land, labor, money, machines) in the production of goods and services. In k-economy, the basis of competition is organized around management of knowledge in the production of goods and services. Therefore, managing knowledge is the fundamental challenge facing construction executives in the k-economy. The paper presented herein focuses on this fundamental challenge. It empirically explores the impact of knowledge management practices of construction firm on their performances. The research findings reveal that technological knowledge management and structural knowledge management enablers are positively and significantly related to the construction firm’s performance and cultural knowledge management enabler is not positively and significantly related to construction firm’s performance

Keywords

• Knowledge management model, knowledge management in construction firms, knowledge management enablers, firm performance

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