This work analyzes the central role of interpretation in non-routine design. Based on this analysis, a theory of computer support for interpretation in cooperative design is constructed. The theory is grounded in studies of design and interpretation. It is illustrated by mechanisms provided by a software substrate for computer-based design environments, applied to a sample task of lunar habitat...

In this paper we shall outline an approach for using some new technologies to create a knowledge management system that uses both explicit and tacit knowledge to provide a service for a user. The technologies used are Communities of Practice, Web Services and agents. Explicit knowledge will be provided from a Content Repository or from the internet through Web Services and then tacit knowledge ...

Tacit knowledge is the source of knowledge creation, but the organization and retrieval of tacit knowledge using IT has not been discussed much. In this paper, we defined Internal Knowledge Evolution Network (IKEN) to describe the knowledge evolution process from tacit to explicit, and applied the Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) integrating with Direct-Case-Linkage technique to support the IKEN mana...

Technology-mediated knowledge sharing has become almost unavoidable given the globalization of work. Co-workers are not necessarily in close enough proximity to have face-to-face interactions despite the fact that these are the most effective means of sharing knowledge. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) differ in a number of key attributes. While traditional technologies are wel...

This paper explores the relationship between organisational knowledge, organisational culture, and Process Based Systems (PBS), in the U.K. National Health Service (NHS). Links between PBS and organisational culture have been observed before(Perry, 2003); the contribution made by PBS to organisational knowledge has also been suggested (Perry, 2004). However, links between organisational knowled...

How to compromise the best price? A group tacit knowledge-based multicriteria approach Tacit knowledge plays an important role in decision making that is why, in this paper, we propose a group tacit knowledge-based multicriteria approach for decision process. This approach is based on a practical case study in the field of second hand vehicle purchase. This paper proposes ideas and research iss...

The usual horizon of knowledge science is limited to nominalism, empiricism, and naturalistic and evolutionary epistemologies. I propose to broaden this horizon by applying some other philosophical attitudes, such as a non-nominalistic philosophy of language. A basic methodology for the new episteme, including (non-nominalistic) typology and a definition of knowledge and of tacit knowledge, is ...

Much of the knowledge management (KM) literature suggests that organizations should adopt either a "personalization" or "codification" strategy and that to mix the two is unwise. Two European schools have come to the conclusion that a broad strategy is needed. Its key conceptual elements are in three dimensions: the type (explicit - tacit), focus (information - learning) and organization (digit...

Systems development processes have received significant negative publicity due to failed projects, often at large costs, and performance issues that continue to plague IS managers. This study complements existing systems development research by proposing a knowledge management perspective for managing tacit and explicit knowledge in the systems development process. Specifically, it proposes tha...