Implicit knowledge
,
Contents
Definition
Implicit knowledge is Template:Implicit knowledge 2 Source: Planning and Execution of Knowledge Management Assist Missions for Nuclear Organizations
Source: Guide on nuclear knowledge management
Summary
Description
In contrast to such relatively accessible information, implicit knowledge is difficult to reveal, but it is still possible to record. It is generally feasible to convert implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge through a knowledge conversion processes generally referred to as ‘codification’ or ‘transformation’.
Source: Comparative Analysis of Methods and Tools for Nuclear Knowledge Preservation
Description
Implicit knowledge can sometimes be difficult to recall and articulate but, when it is, it can be recorded in a document. Implicit knowledge is often gained through personal exposure to circumstances (for example, the working environment) or experiences (for example, packaging radioactive waste).
Source: Knowledge management for radioactive waste management organisations
Description
Implicit knowledge and tacit knowledge are held in a person’s mind and have typically not been captured or transferred in any form (if they had, they would then become explicit knowledge). Compared with explicit knowledge, such knowledge is more difficult to articulate or write down and so it tends to be shared between people through discussion, stories and personal interactions. It includes skills, experiences, insight, intuition and judgment.
Implicit knowledge is difficult to reveal, but it is still possible to be recorded. Usually knowledge bearers cannot recall this knowledge by themselves, because the information is too obvious to them. Some authorities draw a distinction between tacit and implicit knowledge, defining tacit knowledge as that which cannot be written down, and implicit knowledge as that which can be written down but has not been written down yet. In this context, explicit knowledge is defined as that which has already been written down.
Source: Planning and Execution of Knowledge Management Assist Missions for Nuclear Organizations
Description
In contrast to such relatively accessible information (Explicit knowledge), implicit knowledge is difficult to reveal, but it is still possible to be recorded. Usually knowledge bearers cannot recall this knowledge by themselves, because the information is too obvious to them. When people are asked, what they are doing in the morning, they might answer “getting up, taking a shower, having a coffee, going to work, checking the e-mails…” without first thinking about their having had to get undressed to take a shower; without thinking about the multiple steps involved in making coffee; and, without thinking about their having had to switch on the computer before being able to read their e-mails. It is generally feasible to convert implicit knowledge into explicit knowledge through documenting it.
Source: Knowledge Management for Nuclear Industry Operating Organizations
