Chapter 38: A Process Model of Information Sharing and Knowledge Integration for Project Performance
Engineering project consists of full life-cycle construction and business activities. Many stakeholders will collaborate together throughout the process. Information sharing and knowledge integration are the key drivers for the stakeholders to cooperate in the activities. It is worth conducting an in-depth study on how to effectively control the information and knowledge between different subjects in the project, with the aim to realize knowledge innovation and improved project performance. Therefore, the chapter aims to develop a process model of information sharing and knowledge integration between different organizations based on analyses of the theoretical environment. It would then discuss the influence path of information sharing, knowledge sharing and integration on the project performance in order to provide advice on cross-organizational knowledge integration and innovation for project managers.