Tacit knowledge, tacit knowing or behaving?
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چکیده
The phrase ‘tacit knowledge’ is used in a wide range of disciplines. Examination of definitions and usage in knowledge management, AI, sociology of science, and psychology reveals common aspects, but significant variations. It is a concept without consistency, or clear foundation. Polanyi in fact wrote of ‘tacit knowing’, a process, and so may have been misinterpreted. His emphasis on process may prove fruitful as a perspective on knowing/knowledge as process, specifically as signprocess, is outlined and justified which has the potential to provide a useful framework for conceptual and empirical work on ‘knowledge’ with a view to its management.
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