COMPLEX SYSTEM TACIT KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION THROUGH A FORMAL METHOD

Non-formal learning and tacit knowledge in professional work.

BACKGROUND This paper explores the conceptual and methodological problems arising from several empirical investigations of professional education and learning in the workplace. AIMS 1. To clarify the multiple meanings accorded to terms such as 'non-formal learning', 'implicit learning' and 'tacit knowledge', their theoretical assumptions and the range of phenomena to which they refer. 2. To d...

How Tacit Is Tacit Knowledge?

Our study concerns tacit knowledge that has been one of the most discussed concepts in the field of contemporary knowledge management. We are particularly interested in the issues concerning 1) the nature of tacit knowledge, and 2) the idea of explication of tacit knowledge. We approach these questions from the perspective of cognitive science. Tacit knowledge is deeply related to conceptual mo...

An Enquiry into the Extraction of Tacit Knowledge

A Quantitative And Qualitative Approach To Knowledge Management – Episodic Extraction, Enhancement And Creation Of Tacit Knowledge

Capturing employee’s knowledge is of prime importance to any organization. If the knowledge is captured after a completion of entire task, quality and quantity of knowledge obtained from the expert decreases as it is human tendency to forget after a long interval of time. We, in this paper have developed a model emphasizing the need for episodic extraction, enhancement and creation of the tacit...

Tacit Knowledge: A Wittgensteinian Approach

Key Words: Wittgenstein, K.S. Johannessen, the strong thesis of tacit knowledge, intransitive understanding, pragmatic turn in epistemology. Influenced by later Wittgenstein's philosophy, a group of Scandinavian philosophers, with K.S.Johannessen as the leading figure, make a unique contribution to the ongoing discussion of tacit knowledge. They differentiate the strong and the weak interpretat...