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Revision as of 13:34, 4 July 2013
Definition
Tacit knowledge is The knowledge wholly embodied in the individual and is rooted in practice, experience, intuition and individual skills that is difficult or even impossible to recall, articulate and thus to transfer.
Summary
Description 1
The third type of knowledge, tacit knowledge, is the most difficult to recall and, thus, to transfer. Tacit knowledge includes knowledge about topics such as how to ride a bicycle or how to talk. These examples describe knowledge everybody just has. However, every individual possesses a lot of tacit knowledge. Employees, for example, tacitly know how they persuade other people, how to behave in different situations, or how to organize a meeting. Such knowledge cannot be completely explained, since it is wholly embodied in the individual, rooted in practice and experience, expressed through skillful execution, and transmitted by apprenticeship and training through watching and doing forms of learning [5]. Tacit knowledge can be observed; however, it is doubtful that all of this knowledge can be converted to explicit knowledge. This fact is why it is said, “We know more than we know that we know.”
Source:Knowledge Management for Nuclear Industry Operating Organizations
Description 2
The third type of knowledge, tacit knowledge, is generally regarded as that which is difficult to recall, and virtually impossible to articulate and record. All humans possess tacit knowledge and they are only aware of it when they apply it. So-called ‘common sense’ may be regarded by some as a form of tacit knowledge and its technical content may be more limited than that of implicit knowledge (for example, not recordable experience in the head of a WM facility operator).
Source: Knowledge management for radioactive waste management organisations
Description 3
Tacit knowledge can be observed; however, it is doubtful that all of this knowledge can be converted into explicit knowledge. Thus, the saying developed, “We know more than we realize we know.” Tacit knowledge includes skills, experience, insight, intuition and judgment. It is the ‘know-how’ accumulated in an individual’s mind.
Source: Comparative Analysis of Methods and Tools for Nuclear Knowledge Preservation
