Towards Knowledge Portals

B. Detlor

ISBN 10: 9048165849 / ISBN 13: 9789048165841

Published by Springer Netherlands Dez 2010, 2010

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Adopting an informational perspective towards knowledge work, this book investigates how enterprise portals can promote knowledge creation, distribution, and use. Moving beyond the design and delivery of portals as mere information retrieval tools, an enterprise portal is viewed as a shared information work space that can facilitate communication and collaboration among organizational workers, as well as support the browsing, searching, and retrieval of information content. Adopting an information vantage point, the book uniquely explores the human issues surrounding enterprise portal adoption and use, as well as the utilization of intelligent agents to ameliorate the use of portals for knowledge-based tasks. The result is a novel, rich and comprehensive discussion on the factors affecting the design and utilization of enterprise portals for knowledge work, suitable for both graduate-level students and organizational workers alike. 252 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Towards Knowledge Portals
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands Dez 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9048165849
• ISBN 13: 9789048165841
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 244W x 170H x 14D millimeters 244 millimeters width by 170 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 442 grams

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Adopting an informational perspective towards knowledge work, this book investigates how enterprise portals can promote knowledge creation, distribution, and use. Moving beyond the design and delivery of portals as mere information retrieval tools, an enterprise portal is viewed as a shared information work space that can facilitate communication and collaboration among organizational workers, as well as support the browsing, searching, and retrieval of information content. Adopting an information vantage point, the book uniquely explores the human issues surrounding enterprise portal adoption and use, as well as the utilization of intelligent agents to ameliorate the use of portals for knowledge-based tasks. The result is a novel, rich and comprehensive discussion on the factors affecting the design and utilization of enterprise portals for knowledge work, suitable for both graduate-level students and organizational workers alike.