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MİMARLIK MESLEK PRATİĞİNDE BİLGİ YÖNETİMİNİN İNCELENMESİ: TÜRKİYE BAŞKENTİNDEN BİR PİLOT ÇALIŞMA

EXPLORING KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE: A PILOT STUDY IN THE TURKISH CAPITAL

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  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Mimarlık Fakültesi Dergisi

Publication Year:

  • 2009
DOI: 
10.4305

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The Architecture-Engineering-Construction industry has recently been altering the ways of managing its resources. Knowledge is considered to be among the most precious of these resources. Knowledge is a critical factor in choosing the right projects, preparing the winning bids and successfully realizing the projects. It is also a critical factor for organizations because of the fact that - due to its nature that it exists as tacit or explicit, or in between - it is hard to record and reuse. This paper provides a pilot study in order to investigate the knowledge management issue in the practice of architecture. The study has been carried out in the Çankaya district of Ankara. Face-to-face interviews have been carried out with the head architects of 15 architectural offices. The subject domain is assumed to be experiencing the problems such as managing knowledge at a strategic level. This is due to the facts that the amount and importance of tacit knowledge is significant and communication of this knowledge to other parties is the responsibility of the architectural partners. The survey found out that management of architectural knowledge is considered to be beneficial for the overall productivity of architectural offices. However, challenges such as lack of standard procedures and low profit margins in the AEC industry render knowledge management to be less effective on overall profit and innovation in design.
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Abstract (Original Language): 
Günümüzde mimarlık, mühendislik ve inşaat sektörleri kaynaklarının nasıl yönetildiği konusunu gözden geçirmektedirler. Bu kaynaklardan en önemlileri arasında bilgi yer almaktadır. Bilgi, doğru proje seçmekte, kazanan ihaleleri hazırlamakta ve projeleri hayata geçirmekte vazgeçilmez bir ögedir. Bilgi, aynı zamanda, doğası bakımıyla insanların zihinlerinde, ya da belgelenmiş olarak, ya da bu iki durumun arasında bulunabildiğinden, kayıt edilmesi ve yeniden kullanılması zor bir öğedir. Bu makale, bilgi yönetimi kavramını mimari meslek pratiğinde incelemeye yönelik bir pilot çalışma sunmaktadır. Ankara’nın Çankaya semtinde bulunan 15 mimarlık bürosuyla karşılıklı görüşmeler düzenlenmiştir. Seçilen araştırma grubunun bilgi yönetimi konusunda stratejik düzeyde sorunlar yaşadığı varsayılmıştır. Bunun nedenleri olarak, bilginin taşıdığı kayda değer önem ve bu bilginin çoğunlukla insan zihninde bulunması ve ayrıca bu bilginin diğer iş ortaklarına aktarımının mimari ofislerin sorumluğunda olması gösterilebilir. Bu çalışma, mimari bilginin yönetiminin mimarlık ofislerinin genel üretkenliğini artırdığını saptamıştır. Ancak, düşük kar oranlarını ve sektörde standart süreçlerin bulunmayışı gibi nedenler yüzünden bilgi yönetiminin mimari ofislerin genel kar düzeyleri ve mimari tasarıma olan katkılarının az olduğu görülmüştür. Alındı: 07.07.2009; Son Metin: 08.11.2009 Anahtar Sözcükler: mimarlık; bilgisayar destekli tasarım; bilgi teknolojileri; bilgi yönetimi; meslek pratiği.
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