Kevin C. Desouza is an Associate Professor at the University of Washington Information School

University of Washington Information School

The Information School at the University of Washington is an undergraduate and graduate school that offers BS, MLIS, MSIM, and PhD degrees...

 with adjunct appointments at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs

The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle is a school of public policy in the Northwest....

 and in Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering

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. He served as the Director of the Institute for National Security Education and Research (2006–2008). Desouza is a founding faculty member of the Institute for Innovation in Information Management and an affiliate faculty member of the Center for American Politics and Public Policy, both at the University of Washington.

Desouza works in the field of knowledge management

Knowledge management

Knowledge management comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences...

. He has written eight books on the topics of agile information systems, knowledge management, outsourcing

Outsourcing

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, information management

Information management

Information management is the collection and management of information from one or more sources and the distribution of that information to one or more audiences. This sometimes involves those who have a stake in, or a right to that information...

, and knowledge security. His current research interests include knowledge management, national security

National security

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, and government intelligence programs, information issues in crisis management

Crisis management

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, and strategic issues of information systems

Information systems

Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...

deployment.

Notable publications

Representative scientific publications include:

• Desouza, K.C. "Information and Knowledge Management in Public Sector Networks: The Case of the US Intelligence Community," International Journal of Public Administration, 32 (14), 2009, 1219–1267.
• Desouza, K.C., Dombrowski, C., Awazu, Y., Baloh, P., Papagari, S., Jha, S., and Kim, J.Y. "Crafting Organizational Innovation Processes," Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice, 11 (1), 2009, 6-33.
• Desouza, K.C., and Lau, K.A. "Managing the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Information Management Perspective," International Journal of Public Administration, 31 (13), 2008, 1457–1512.
• Desouza, K.C., and Hensgen, T. "Connectivity among Terrorist Groups: A Two Models Business Maturity Approach," Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 30 (7), 2007, 593 - 613.
• Erat, P. Desouza, K.C., Schäfer-Jugel, A., and Kurzawa, M. "Business Customer Communities and Knowledge Sharing: Exploratory Study of Critical Issues." European Journal of Information Systems, 15 (5), 2006, 511–524.
• Desouza, K.C., Awazu, Y., and Wan, Y. "Factors Governing the Consumption of Explicit Knowledge," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 57 (1), 2006, 36-43.
• Desouza, K.C., and Awazu, Y. "Maintaining Knowledge Management Systems: A Strategic Imperative," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 56 (7), 2005, 765-768.
• Desouza, K.C., and Evaristo, J.R. "Managing Knowledge in Distributed Projects," Communications of the ACM, 47 (4), 2004, 87-91.
• Desouza, K.C. "Barriers to Effective Use of Knowledge Management Systems in Software Engineering," Communications of the ACM, 46 (1), 2003, 99-101.
• Desouza, K.C. "Strategic Contribution of Game Rooms to Knowledge Management: Some Preliminary Insights," Information & Management, 41 (1), 2003, 63-74.
• Desouza, K.C. "Facilitating Tacit Knowledge Exchange," Communications of the ACM, 46 (6), 2003, 85-88.
• Desouza, K.C., and Evaristo, J.R. "Global Knowledge Management Strategies," European Management Journal, 21 (1), 2003, 62-67.
• Desouza, K.C., and Hensgen, T. "A Semiotic Emergent Framework to Address the Reality of Cyber Terrorism," Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 70 (4), 2003, 385-396.
• Desouza, K.C., and Hensgen, T. "On "Information" in Organizations: An Emergent Information Theory and Semiotic Framework," Emergence, 4 (3), 2002, 95-114.

Books

• Managing Knowledge Security : Strategies for Protecting Your Company's Intellectual Assets (ISBN 978-0-7494-4961-2)
• Agile Information Systems (ISBN 978-0-7506-8235-0)
• The Outsourcing Handbook (ISBN 978-0-7494-4430-3)
• Engaged Knowledge Management (ISBN 978-1-4039-4510-5)
• New Frontiers of Knowledge Management (ISBN 978-1-4039-4240-1)
• Managing Information in Complex Organizations (ISBN 978-0-7656-1361-5)
• Managing Knowledge with Artificial Intelligence (ISBN 978-1-56720-491-9)

External links

• Kevin Desouza's faculty web page at the University of Washington