IT-architecture for corporate knowledge management systems

Abstract

© Kassel University Press GmbH. For the efficient implementation of the corporate knowledge management systems, common elements of their IT architecture, functional role as well as other specific features of their use are to be understood. The objective of the research is to identify common elements of IT architecture in the knowledge management systems in the corporate segment. To identify the common elements of the IT architecture in the knowledge management systems we have used the method of taxonomic classification of knowledge areas with a complex structure based on the example of a comparative analysis of various software products for corporate training, as well as case studies of this issue using the example of enterprises and organizations in China. We have used data from surveys of employees and companies as regards the development prospects of the corporate knowledge management systems. The sample scope is 1000 managers of the companies from Europe, the Middle East, Japan and China. For the taxonomic analysis 42 corporate knowledge management systems have been selected, which are used in training and represented in the world market. The integration of new technologies into business processes has caused the demand for new knowledge management systems. Due to analysis results of 42 corporate knowledge management systems for learning, which are represented in the market, we can state that the majority of them have been developed on the grounds of the use of cloud technologies. In the total structure its share makes up almost 83 %, whereas 17 % refers to the rest of the corporate knowledge management systems for learning, as well as their combination. The use of obtained research results in practice is supposed if strategic approaches of the implementation of the corporate knowledge management systems at enterprises of China and other countries are justified.