Impact of it application on the performance of construction projects with knowledge management as a mediator
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2020
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UMT Lahore
Abstract
Knowledge management has a vital association with Information Technology
application and project performance with in Construction/Infrastructure Industry in
Pakistan as project performance and Information Technology application is majorly
mediated by knowledge management by theory of Davenport referred to as
‘Knowledge Based View’ which is reckoned as widely accepted definition
"Knowledge management is the process of capturing, distributing, and effectively
using knowledge". This research study is based on investigating the performance of
projects of Lahore in the construction industry. This study had two objectives among
which the first was to examine the effect of IT application on the project performance,
and it is concluded that both variables are positively associated with each other and
improves the outcome of the project which leads to the project success. The second
objective of this study was to assess the role of knowledge management practices in
context of information technology tools’ application and project performance.
Moreover, analysis suggests that the utilization of information technology application
in the construction projects with the role of knowledge management as mediator are
positively associated with each other and increase project performance. Furthermore,
the study also suggests that the knowledge management techniques’ adoption directly
influences the outcome of IT tools on project performance in terms of cost, plan,
quality and safety.