KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE QUANTITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN GHANA

Thesis submitted to the Department of Building Technology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, 2014

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