Explicit Knowledge andTacit Knowledge

“Articulated knowledge, expressed and recorded as words, numbers,

codes, mathematical and scientific formulae and musical notations”

What Is Explicit Knowledge?

*sources: http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/3041/1/1/how-to-draw-music-notes.htmhttp://www.wegotcoffee.com/pictures/chemical-symbol-and-formula-for-caffeine.php

http://walkingthewildpath.blogspot.com/2010/09/math-to-higher-power.htmlhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/explicit-knowledge.html

It “is easy to communicate, store and distribute and is the

knowledge found in books, on the web, and other visual and oral

means”

What Is Explicit Knowledge?

*sources: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/explicit-knowledge.htmlhttp://modernsurvivalonline.com/survival-database-downloads/booksmanuals/

http://home.messiah.edu/~mm1397/Definitions.html

Opposite of Tacit Knowledge

“The unwritten, unspoken and hidden vast storehouse of

knowledge held by practically every human being, based on his

or her emotions, experiences, insights, intuition, observations and internalized information”

Sources: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/tacit-knowledge.html

Explicit vs. Tacit Knowledge

*sources: http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2007/04/don_imus_is_mere_tip_of_iceber.htmlhttp://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/tacit-knowledge.html

Explicit

Tacit

(Explicit) Knowledge Management

• That knowledge can be transferred within an organization through documents, drawings, procedures, manuals etc.

• Information systems play a key role in facilitating the transfer of knowledge

*sources: http://www.knowledgeboard.com/download/3512/Tacit-vs-Explicit.pdf

(Tacit) Knowledge Management

• Learning in an organization occurs when individuals come together to share ideas and develop new insights together in the creation of new knowledge

*sources: http://www.mbaknol.com/business-communication/tips-to-organize-an-effective-meeting-in-a-business/http://www.knowledgeboard.com/download/3512/Tacit-vs-Explicit.pdf

Knowledge Interactions in the Workplace

*sources: http://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com/KM/ExplicitTacit.htm

Socialization

• From tacit knowledge to tacit knowledge• Used is sharing learners’ experience and

know-how with other learners

Externalization

• The process of articulating tacit knowledge into explicit concepts

*sources: http://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com/KM/ExplicitTacit.htm

Internalization

• Embodying explicit knowledge into tacit knowledge by internalizing individual experiences

Combination

• The process of articulating tacit knowledge into explicit concepts

*sources: http://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com/KM/ExplicitTacit.htm

Knowledge Management

*sources: http://firmerground.wordpress.com/category/knowledge-management/http://www.knowledgeboard.com/download/3512/Tacit-vs-Explicit.pdf

Knowledge Management

• Explicit knowledge transfer is facilitated through information systems

• Tacit knowledge is a valuable asset in an organization which people, the knowledge workers, hold

• This means both are extremely valuable to any organization

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