Knowledge management and e-learning management as a basis of the conceptualization of information for construction companies

Knowledge and learning are the basis for the development of whatever business activity. There are plenty of knowledge management tools and also e-learning management tools. Basically, they are separated initiatives and their approach is specific to the targets of each particular area. The main problem is the inexistence of a common language which difficults the exchange of experiences and information. This paper describes the background and methodology to integrate a Knowledge Management Strategy (KMS) for a construction company and an e-learning management system. Two central objectives structure this Paper: 1. To identify categories of important information generated and shared between knowledge management and e-learning, 2. To integrate vast amounts of contents from diverse repositories created in several KM systems as well as e-learning platforms by implementing "Concept Indexes" for tagging contents.