MANAGING CHARACTERISTIC ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS

Ekaterina Ermilova, Hamideh Afsarmanesh

2008

Abstract

Modeling and management of the knowledge/information related to the organizations is fundamental to efficient operation of the Collaborative Networked Organizations (CNOs). Continuous changes in different aspects of involved organizations, is an unavoidable reflection to the dynamic changes in the demands of stakeholders and customers in the market / society. Organizations’ profiles, and especially their competency characteristics tailored to the requirements of opportunities emerging in the market, need to be modeled and managed. Furthermore, mechanisms are required for handling the flexible representation and processing of the organizations’ knowledge. Both research and practice have shown that the formation of collaborative networked organizations requires pre-establishment of a cluster, also called a breeding environment. In this paper we address the Virtual organizations Breeding Environments (VBEs), which provide the necessary conditions and support for configuration and creation of Virtual Organizations (VOs). Using the ontology engineering approaches, we present an approach for modeling of organizations’ knowledge inside VBEs, and specify the ontology for their profiles and competencies. Furthermore, we present the required mechanisms for management of the organizations’ knowledge, and specify the functionality required to manipulate organizations’ information through the life cycle of VBEs. The paper also addresses the logical design of a database for storage of organizations’ information and for the visualization of organizations’ profile and competency knowledge.

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Ermilova E. and Afsarmanesh H. (2008). MANAGING CHARACTERISTIC ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS . In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-37-1, pages 313-320. DOI: 10.5220/0001709603130320


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@conference{iceis08,
author={Ekaterina Ermilova and Hamideh Afsarmanesh},
title={MANAGING CHARACTERISTIC ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2008},
pages={313-320},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001709603130320},
isbn={978-989-8111-37-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - MANAGING CHARACTERISTIC ORGANIZATION KNOWLEDGE IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS
SN - 978-989-8111-37-1
AU - Ermilova E.
AU - Afsarmanesh H.
PY - 2008
SP - 313
EP - 320
DO - 10.5220/0001709603130320