Knowledge management systems for emergency management: a situational approach

Magiswary Dorasamy, Murali Raman, Maniam Kaliannan and Saravanan Muthaiyah

International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, 2012, vol. 3, issue 4, 359-372

Abstract: Research on the role and relevance of knowledge management systems in support of emergency management continues to grow. Knowledge management (KM) literature aptly suggests that KM systems have the ability to support emergency management. Well-designed and implemented KM systems offer more accurate information/knowledge representation relevant to communication and coordination efforts required for emergency management. Nevertheless, a consolidated framework that can be used to guide successful implementation of KM systems in a given situation does not exist. This paper aims to address this gap in literature. We present a conceptual framework for use by future researchers who intend to examine KM success factors in emergency situations. This paper contributes to the KM-emergency management literature by applying the KM success model to emergency management.

Keywords: knowledge management systems; KMS; situational approach; emergency management; success factors; emergency response. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=51870 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbcrm:v:3:y:2012:i:4:p:359-372

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sarah Parker ().