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Explicit knowledge can be documented in useful forms such as operating manuals, files, reports, drawings, etc.
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Explicit knowledge can also be non-codified, but articulated and codifiable. There is much discussion about the distinction between [[Information|information]] and explicit knowledge, but for practical purposes, here they will be used interchangeably.
  
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Explicit knowledge can be readily [[Sharing | transferred]] to others.
  
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The most common forms of codified explicit knowledge are documents, drawings, calculations, icons, designs, multimedia, [[Database|databases]], [[Taxonomy|taxonomies]], [[Knowledge map|knowledge maps]] documented procedures and manuals.
  
Explicit knowledge is that which can be contained and conveyed in documents, drawings, calculations, designs, databases, procedures and manuals. This type of knowledge is also referred to as information. Explicit knowledge can be recalled and articulated by the bearer, and subsequently recorded (for example, RWM documentation and databases).
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Non-codified explicit knowledge (i.e., knowledge that is conscious to the knowledge bearer) includes for example existing non-documented procedures in an organization.
  
'''Source: [[Knowledge management for radioactive waste management organisations ]]'''
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There is much discussion about the distinction between [[Information|information]] and explicit knowledge, but for practical purposes of managing these two (similarity of tools and methods), they will be used interchangeably here.
  
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The object can be information or explicit knowledge, depending on the recipient. The next section illustrates this thin boundary.
  
[1] POLANYI, M., Tacit dimension, Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith Publisher Inc. (1983).
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===Illustrative examples===
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* Expert (rule-based) systems contain information that allow an independent person to act upon it - hence it is considered explicit knowledge
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* Without an expert, NPP documentation will not allow an independent person to build and run an NPP - hence it is [[Information|information]]
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* Power failure in an NPP is information for the general public (meaning: not able to operate), but knowledge for the operators (meaning:danger)
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==Related articles==
 
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[[Category:Knowledge]]
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Latest revision as of 14:38, 18 December 2015


Definition

Knowledge that has been articulated or has already been codified in some form

Summary

Explicit knowledge can be documented in useful forms such as operating manuals, files, reports, drawings, etc. Explicit knowledge can also be non-codified, but articulated and codifiable. There is much discussion about the distinction between information and explicit knowledge, but for practical purposes, here they will be used interchangeably.

Description

Explicit knowledge can be readily transferred to others.

The most common forms of codified explicit knowledge are documents, drawings, calculations, icons, designs, multimedia, databases, taxonomies, knowledge maps documented procedures and manuals.

Non-codified explicit knowledge (i.e., knowledge that is conscious to the knowledge bearer) includes for example existing non-documented procedures in an organization.

There is much discussion about the distinction between information and explicit knowledge, but for practical purposes of managing these two (similarity of tools and methods), they will be used interchangeably here.

The object can be information or explicit knowledge, depending on the recipient. The next section illustrates this thin boundary.

Illustrative examples

  • Expert (rule-based) systems contain information that allow an independent person to act upon it - hence it is considered explicit knowledge
  • Without an expert, NPP documentation will not allow an independent person to build and run an NPP - hence it is information
  • Power failure in an NPP is information for the general public (meaning: not able to operate), but knowledge for the operators (meaning:danger)

References

Related articles

Knowledge

Implicit knowledge

Tacit knowledge

Documented knowledge lifecycle