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Definition

Knowledge process is Knowledge process is a process that acts on /or with knowledge, either individual knowledge or organizational knowledge.

Summary

knowledge processes includes knowledge generation, validation, maintenance and integration activities with sub processes like acquiring, transforming, developing, disseminating, using, sharing and preserving knowledge as a way to meet specified internal demand that can ultimately improve organizational learning. In this regard, knowledge processes helps an organization to gain insight and understanding from best practices.

Description

There are many different definitions of knowledge processes used in the literature. However for Nuclear knowledge management purposes we describe more widely used and accepted definitions into four primary knowledge processes by which knowledge is generated, validated, maintained and integrated in organizations.

Fig. Knowledge processes

Knowledge generation

• Demand formulation (Internal and external)
• Capturing
• Acquisition
• Identification
• Codification
• Creation
• Generation
• Harvesting
• Retrieval
• Learning (individual and group)

Knowledge validation

• Processing
• Evaluation
• Transformation
• Validation
• Conversion
• Refining
• Assembling
• Prioritisation

Knowledge maintenance

• Maintenance
• Storage
• Preservation
• Protection
• Retention
• Updating

Knowledge integration

• Dissemination
• Exchange
• Representation
• Transfer
• Use
• Reuse
• Sharing
• Adoption
• Searching

Alternative model

In Fig 2, an alternative categorization of the knowledge processes is presented.

Fig.2 Categorization of knowledge processes

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