Knowledge process
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 that acts on or with knowledge, either individual knowledge or organizational knowledge. Most business and organizational work processes are knowledge-dependent and/or knowledge-driven, and by definition they embed one or more knowledge process. In the NKM Wiki, nine main categories of knowledge processes are recognised, namely Creation, Validation, Transformation, Disposal, Learning, Combination, Finding, Maintenance, Sharing (See Fig. 1). Each knowledge process category is used to represent similar or inter-related knowledge processes. This wiki has defined seven standard knowledge process categories. Please refer to Knowledge process (disambiguation) article.
Description
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.
The table of knowledge processes provides an extensive list of knowledge processes and their categorization.
Related articles
Knowledge process (disambiguation)