TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This paper provides a brief critical analysis of how the focus on innovation diffusion, organisational learning and knowledge management has developed with an emphasis on the 2005-2015 period. The purpose of this paper is to provide a recent historic perspective on these concepts and suggest an integrated future focus for this research.Design/methodology/approach The paper identifies trends in how knowledge and learning is associated with innovation and experience based on a literature review.Findings The study of organisational learning and the management of knowledge and innovation diffusion is well-established in the construction and project management domains with two strongly emerging intertwined foci. On one hand, there has been a significant growing focus on learning through collaboration and the value of being a reflective practitioner. On the other hand, the exponential growth in the power of computing has led to “Big Data” reappearing to redefine data and information into pseudo-knowledge that is “blurring” the boundary of data, information and knowledge. Increasingly, we are likely to see effective innovation through more practical blending of these foci.Originality/value This provides a reflection on changing perspectives, on human and machine learning and knowledge management that may have a profound impact on future research themes.
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
SN  - 1471-4175
DO  - 10.1108/CI-12-2015-0066
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-12-2015-0066
AU  - Walker Derek H.T.
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Reflecting on 10 years of focus on innovation, organisational learning and knowledge management literature in a construction project management context
T2  - Construction Innovation
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 114
EP  - 126
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -