Knowledge can be distinguished in two different types. Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) describe knowledge as existing in two dimensions – tacit and explicit knowledge. In essence, knowledge is most commonly categorised as either explicit (coded) or tacit (that which is in people's heads). Tacit knowledge is the personal and context specific knowledge of a person that resides in the human mind, behaviour, and perception (Duffy2000).
It evolves from people's interactions and requires skill and practice. Tacit knowledge is highly personal (held within the holder), subjective, difficult to formalize, articulate and communicate fully, experience based, contextualized, job specific, transferred through conversation or narrative, not captured by formal …show more content…
Explicit knowledge is the part of tacit knowledge that can be expressed verbally and does not represent the entire body of knowledge. While tacit knowledge can be possessed by itself, explicit knowledge must rely on being tacitly understood and applied, hence all knowledge is either tacit or rooted in tacit knowledge. Baloh et al. (2011) give a good example of explicit and tacit knowledge, which is a cooking recipe. Explicit knowledge used in cooking includes a list and measures of ingredients to be used and a short description of the cooking process. Tacit knowledge is an understanding of what and how much of ingredients to include, and also the process of actually preparing the particular dish. Processes such as adding particular ingredients in a certain order or in a certain way, or using certain method, or the timing of cooking and these are often difficult to …show more content…
He suggests that knowledge is better described as explicit, implicit, and tacit.
Explicit means information or knowledge that is set out in tangible form. Implicit is information or knowledge that is not set out in tangible form but could be made explicit, while tacit is information or knowledge that one would have extreme difficulty operationally setting out in tangible form. Choo (2002), on the other hand, categorise organisational knowledge into tacit, explicit and cultural. But whether tacit, implicit, explicit or cultural, the most obvious point is the making of the organisation's data and information available to the members of the organisation.
In whatever dimension knowledge exists, the transfer is in large part a transfer of
It evolves from people's interactions and requires skill and practice. Tacit knowledge is highly personal (held within the holder), subjective, difficult to formalize, articulate and communicate fully, experience based, contextualized, job specific, transferred through conversation or narrative, not captured by formal …show more content…
Explicit knowledge is the part of tacit knowledge that can be expressed verbally and does not represent the entire body of knowledge. While tacit knowledge can be possessed by itself, explicit knowledge must rely on being tacitly understood and applied, hence all knowledge is either tacit or rooted in tacit knowledge. Baloh et al. (2011) give a good example of explicit and tacit knowledge, which is a cooking recipe. Explicit knowledge used in cooking includes a list and measures of ingredients to be used and a short description of the cooking process. Tacit knowledge is an understanding of what and how much of ingredients to include, and also the process of actually preparing the particular dish. Processes such as adding particular ingredients in a certain order or in a certain way, or using certain method, or the timing of cooking and these are often difficult to …show more content…
He suggests that knowledge is better described as explicit, implicit, and tacit.
Explicit means information or knowledge that is set out in tangible form. Implicit is information or knowledge that is not set out in tangible form but could be made explicit, while tacit is information or knowledge that one would have extreme difficulty operationally setting out in tangible form. Choo (2002), on the other hand, categorise organisational knowledge into tacit, explicit and cultural. But whether tacit, implicit, explicit or cultural, the most obvious point is the making of the organisation's data and information available to the members of the organisation.
In whatever dimension knowledge exists, the transfer is in large part a transfer of