Knowledge Management for Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxviii

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2. Understanding and Applying Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems in Developing Countries: Some Conceptual Foundations

   • Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Gunjan Mansingh, Lila Rao

   Pages 1-15

3. Towards a Community-Centered Knowledge Management Architecture for Disaster Management in Sub-Saharan Africa

   • Babajide Osatuyi, Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo

   Pages 17-41

4. Managing Expert Knowledge to Assist in the Management of Coffee Pests and Diseases in Jamaica

   • Gunjan Mansingh, Han Reichgelt, Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson

   Pages 43-56

5. Implementation of a Multi-agent Supervisory System for an Agricultural Products Sourcing Network

   • Virgilio Lopez-Morales, Yacine Ouzrout

   Pages 57-69

6. Progressive Usage of Business and Spatial Intelligence for Decision Support in the Delivery of Educational Services in Developing Countries

   • Patricia E. Nalwoga Lutu

   Pages 71-91

7. Migrating MIS to KMS: A Case of Social Welfare Systems

   • Ricardo Anderson, Gunjan Mansingh

   Pages 93-109

8. Addressing a Knowledge Externality Schism in Public Policy in the English Speaking Caribbean

   • Koen Rossel-Cambier

   Pages 111-119

9. A Methodology for Developing High Quality Ontologies for Knowledge Management

   • Lila Rao, Han Reichgelt, Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson

   Pages 121-143

10. The Role of Ontologies in Developing Knowledge Technologies

    • Gunjan Mansingh, Lila Rao

    Pages 145-156

11. Knowledge Sharing in Repository-Based KM Systems: A Study in the IT Services Enterprises in India

    • Rajendra K. Bandi, Vikas Mehra

    Pages 157-181

12. Ability to Share Knowledge of Doctors in Teaching Hospital in Indonesia

    • Oktri Mohammad Firdaus, Kadarsah Suryadi, Rajesri Govindaraju, T. M. A. Ari Samadhi

    Pages 183-197

13. Knowledge Sharing in the Health Sector in Jamaica: The Barriers and the Enablers

    • Gunjan Mansingh, Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Han Reichgelt

    Pages 199-213

14. The Ulwazi Programme: A Case Study in Community-Focused Indigenous Knowledge Management

    • Niall McNulty

    Pages 215-232

15. Knowledge Management for Programs on Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICT4D) in South Africa

    • Sue Conger

    Pages 233-258

16. Back Matter

    Pages 259-270

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A number of developing countries, including small island states have common problems that have affected their development and growth. Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives can be used to address some of these issues, but these developing countries need to understand what is needed to implement them, in order to improve economic conditions. While many of these countries have access to technologies that can be used to assist in knowledge management, relevant and low cost KM initiatives need to be considered in improving their existing KM processes. Sectors critical to the growth of these developing countries include health care, crime management, disaster recovery management, small and medium size enterprise development. Knowledge Management for Development: Domains, Strategies and Technologies for Developing Countries highlights the opportunities in these sectors and provides advice as to how these countries should go about understanding, building and adopting the relevant KM strategies and technologies. This book identifies appropriate technologies which should be considered to increase productivity within the identified sectors in the developing countries and also sectors in where knowledge management initiatives can yield maximum value. It also considers the constraints of these territories, recommending appropriate technologies and strategies for KM initiatives. It provides advice on how these technologies should be adopted in these sectors of developing countries. Investing in these strategies should benefit these countries development and growth.

• Developing Countries
• Developing Economy
• Information Management
• Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Knowledge Management

From the book reviews:

“This book is a compilation of several scientific papers related to knowledge management (KM). … By reading this book, policy makers, consultants, and information technology (IT) experts working in development efforts could leverage their existing strategies. The book provides some interesting insights into the needs and limitations of implementing KM systems, yet, as the editors posit, ‘Knowledge is considered to be the competitive resource.’” (Carla Sánchez Aguilar, Computing Reviews, June, 2014)

• Department of Information Systems, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA

  Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson

• Department of Computing, University of the West Indies, Mona, Mona Campus, Jamaica

  Gunjan Mansingh

• Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies, Mona, Mona Campus, Jamaica

  Lila Rao

Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson is a Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University and Research Fellow of the Information Systems Research Institute since Fall 1998. He was previously a Professor of Information Systems and Decision Analysis in the School of Business at Howard University, Washington, DC, U.S.A. He has also worked as an Information Systems practitioner in both industry and government. His research covers various areas including: Data Mining, Database Systems, Expert Systems, Decision Support Systems, Group Support Systems, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Cluster Analysis, Integer Programming, and Parametric Programming. His teaching areas include: Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Database Systems, Systems Development. His papers have been published in various journals including: IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, Data & Knowledge Engineering, Information & Software Technology, Decision Support Systems, Information Processing and Management, Information Systems, Computers & Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Annals of Operations Research, Mathematical & Computer Modeling, Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Application of Management Science. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Computers & Operations Research journal. (A full CV is attached for each editor)

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