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Common Information Spaces in Knowledge-Intensive Work: Representation and Negotiation of Meaning in Computer-Supported Collaboration Rooms

Common Information Spaces in Knowledge-Intensive Work: Representation and Negotiation of Meaning in Computer-Supported Collaboration Rooms

Vidar Hepsø
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781605661766|ISBN10: 1605661767|EISBN13: 9781605661773
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-176-6.ch017
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Hepsø, Vidar. "Common Information Spaces in Knowledge-Intensive Work: Representation and Negotiation of Meaning in Computer-Supported Collaboration Rooms." Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations, edited by Dariusz Jemielniak and Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, IGI Global, 2009, pp. 279-294. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-176-6.ch017

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Hepsø, V. (2009). Common Information Spaces in Knowledge-Intensive Work: Representation and Negotiation of Meaning in Computer-Supported Collaboration Rooms. In D. Jemielniak & J. Kociatkiewicz (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations (pp. 279-294). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-176-6.ch017

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Hepsø, Vidar. "Common Information Spaces in Knowledge-Intensive Work: Representation and Negotiation of Meaning in Computer-Supported Collaboration Rooms." In Handbook of Research on Knowledge-Intensive Organizations, edited by Dariusz Jemielniak and Jerzy Kociatkiewicz, 279-294. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-176-6.ch017

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Abstract

In knowledge management literature, common information spaces (CIS) are believed to be instrumental in the development and sharing of knowledge. These information spaces provide the arena to facilitate knowledge creation, knowledge management, boost multidisciplinary collaboration and therefore increase the performance of the organization. In a global oil and gas industry an increasing part of the communication in day-to-day operations takes place in specially designed videoconferencing and collaboration rooms. This chapter addresses the role such information spaces play and some of the implications for practice when it comes to knowledge-intensive work: diversity, work relations and identity. What is regarded as “common” or ”shared” among heterogeneous groups of professionals working within such information spaces is challenged.

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