Vision:
Cognizant Business Consulting is an agile, progressive and creative organization which enthusiastically shares information and knowledge throughout the entire enterprise to provide valuable and efficient consultation solutions to the industry’s toughest business challenges.
Mission:
Enable effective knowledge creation and sharing throughout the entire Cognizant Business Consulting enterprise in order to improve organizational effectiveness and create competitive advantage.
Goals:
1. Content: capture various tacit and explicit knowledge across all functional areas and identify the critical knowledge areas to be captured and managed.
2. Connect: ensure proper flow of knowledge within the organization and its various …show more content…
It is also comprehension gained through study, experience, practice, and human interaction that provides the basis for expertise and skilled judgment. Staffs work to improve and share two types of knowledge, tacit and explicit.
Tacit knowledge resides in an individual’s mind. It is in the domain of individuals, not technology. All individuals have a unique, personal store of knowledge gained from life experiences, training, and formal and informal networks of friends and professional acquaintances. This knowledge includes learned nuances, subtleties, and workarounds. Intuition, mental agility, effective responses to crises, and the ability to adapt are also forms of tacit knowledge. Leaders use tacit knowledge to solve complex problems and make decisions. They also routinely engage subordinates’ tacit knowledge to improve organizational learning and enhance unit innovation and performance.
Explicit knowledge consists of written or otherwise documented information that can be organized, applied, and transferred using digital (such as computer files) or non-digital (such as paper) means. Explicit knowledge lends itself to rules, limits, and precise meanings. Explicit knowledge is primarily used to support situational awareness and shared understanding as it applies to decision