It's tacit knowledge but not as we know it: Redirecting the search for knowledge

It's tacit knowledge but not as we know it: Redirecting the search for knowledge

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Article ID: iaor2004928
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 54
Issue: 2
Start Page Number: 140
End Page Number: 152
Publication Date: Feb 2003
Journal: Journal of the Operational Research Society
Authors: , ,
Keywords: knowledge management
Abstract:

A central issue in the knowledge management litarature is the definition of the nature of knowledge, and particularly the distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge. This paper reviews some of the common standpoints on this issue, but argues that, within an organisational context, a useful alternative view is one in which knowledge is viewed as a systemic property of the organisational system to which it belongs. Thus, attempts to codify knowledge, and position it on a tacit–explicit continuum, are sometimes misplaced. Instead, this paper advocates approaches that view knowledge as a holistic system property. The paper considers the practical implication of this stance, from the perspective of knowledge transfer between individuals and between organisations, and investigates the potential that this stance offers OR practitioners.

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