Tacit Knowledge

Abstract: The idea of tacit knowledge plays an important role in many areas of academic debate, not least automation and its role in management. Here it is shown that tacit knowledge comes in two distinct types, with different causes and consequences. The first kind, somatic-limit tacit knowledge, has to do with the limitations of the human body and brain and has no consequences for encoding knowledge into machines. The second kind, collective tacit knowledge, is more ontological than biological, having to do with its location in the social collectivity. Here the human body and brains unique capacity gives it special access to the tacit knowledge; known and foreseeable machines do not have this capacity.

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Abstract: In this era of knowledge economy, knowledge management, the key point of which is externalization of tacit knowledge, has been drawing more and more attention. By using the new concepts and tools emerging after Web 2.0 this paper provides a conceptual model to externalize and utilize of tacit knowledge on the basis of analysis and cogitation of difficult key issues during the process of externalization.

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Abstract: <B>Purpose</B> - <IT>The purpose of this paper is to develop and clarify a central concept of knowledge management, tacit knowledge.</IT> <B>Design/methodology/approach</B> - <IT>The paper investigates the philosophical roots of the concept of tacit knowledge and compares its core elements with current uses of the concept in contemporary knowledge management research. Different interpretations of the concept are identified, analyzed and clarified. A more explanatory and useful interpretation is developed and applied to current issues in knowledge management. A new KM implementation model is described based on a fuller understanding of the tacit/explicit distinction.</IT> <B>Findings</B> - <IT>The main conclusion of the paper is that the concept of tacit knowledge as it appears in the literature is vague and ambiguous. This vagueness creates confusion that, in turn, makes developing and implementing KM strategies more difficult. However, by understanding the philosophic roots of the concept of tacit knowledge it becomes possible to develop a clearer and more useful interpretation of the concept that can be used to guide KM implementations.</IT> <B>Practical implications</B> - <IT>A new KM implementation model is described based on the analytical findings of the paper. An implied model based on a confused understanding of the tacit/explicit distinction is identified and rejected.</IT> <B>Originality/value</B> - <IT>The paper clarifies and develops one of the most important concepts in KM. It provides a fuller description of its role in KM and disentangles it from related but distinct concepts. The paper reframes the tacit/explicit distinction and provides a set of guiding principles to be used by researchers and managers.</IT>

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