Knowledge plays a key role in the information revolution. Major challenges are to select the `̀ right’’ information from numerous sources and transform it into useful knowledge. Tacit knowledge based on common sense, and explicit knowledge based on academic accomplishment are both underutilized. Ways knowledgeenabled organizations acquire, measure, teach, share and apply knowledge are discussed ...

The efficient management of experience knowledge is vital in today’s knowledgebased economy. This paper is concerned with proposing a model for software experience knowledge. The model is aimed to represent the backend of knowledge management tools that support organisational learning activities in a typical software organisation. Generic knowledge models have failed to produce good quality sof...

Nonaka‟s proposition that knowledge is created through the interaction of tacit and explicit knowledge involving four modes of knowledge conversion is flawed. Three of the modes appear plausible but none are supported by evidence that cannot be explained more simply. The conceptual framework omits inherently tacit knowledge, and uses a radically subjective definition of knowledge: knowledge is ...

This paper describes a study of tacit knowledge (TK) which began with contemporary categorizations (eg. tacit-explicit and individual-collective). However, from fieldwork, we find that TK is by nature collective (CTK) and is re-described (developed and changed) through action. These findings are depicted in our helix model of TK, which explains 'how' TK works in practice. We also distinguish fo...

In the new economy, innovation is regarded as one of the solutions for almost every organisation to survive in the new business era. Universities, especially in terms of research activities, are no difference since they strive for novelties which potentially lead to innovation. An experienced researcher in the university has continually created tacit knowledge in a specific domain, but typicall...