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Knowledge processes include 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 learningIn this regard, knowledge processes help an organization to gain insight and understanding from best practices.
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A knowledge process is a process, function or activity that acts on or with (i.e. modifies or applies) one or more knowledge elements or assets of organizational knowledge (i.e. either tacit or explicit).  Most business and organizational work processes are knowledge-dependent and/or knowledge-driven, and by definition they embed one or more knowledge processThere are several "types" of knowledge process.  These are conceptual or working definitions commonly used and represent basic "knowledge process" categories. There is no agreement on knowledge process type definitions in the literature and some overlap or are inconsistent. Each knowledge process (type) is used to represent (collectively) similar or inter-related knowledge processes, functions or activities. This wiki has defined x standard knowledge process types, collectively the "knowledge processes" (or KPs).
  
 
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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

A knowledge process is a process, function or activity that acts on or with (i.e. modifies or applies) one or more knowledge elements or assets of organizational knowledge (i.e. either tacit or explicit). Most business and organizational work processes are knowledge-dependent and/or knowledge-driven, and by definition they embed one or more knowledge process. There are several "types" of knowledge process. These are conceptual or working definitions commonly used and represent basic "knowledge process" categories. There is no agreement on knowledge process type definitions in the literature and some overlap or are inconsistent. Each knowledge process (type) is used to represent (collectively) similar or inter-related knowledge processes, functions or activities. This wiki has defined x standard knowledge process types, collectively the "knowledge processes" (or KPs).

Description

Fig 1. A categorization of major knowledge processes
Fig 2. Relationship of Knowledge and Business processes

There are many different descriptions of knowledge processes found in the literature. However, for Nuclear knowledge management purposes the knowledge processes may be structured into nine categories as depicted in fig. 1. The prevalent and most widely used categories are the ones by which knowledge is generated, validated, maintained and integrated in organizations, as depicted in fig. 2.

The table of knowledge processes provides an extensive list of knowledge processes and their categorization.

Related articles

Knowledge process (disambiguation)

Knowledge asset

Intellectual capital

Business process

Knowledge strategy

Strategy

Knowledge process attributes

Acquisition

Identification

Capture

Codification

Creation

Dissemination

Evaluation

Exchange

Generation

Harvesting

Identification

Processing

Transformation

Storage

Preservation

Retention

Retrieval

Representation

Transfer

Exchange

Maintenance

Updating

Use

Validation

Reuse