Tacit versus Explicit Knowledge
{"Image DocumentName": "Tacit versus Explicit Knowledge", "Image ImageDescription": "Implicit knowledge is the foundation of tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge or latent knowledge: Tacit knowledge (1) is experiential know-how, usually inarticulate, but some of which can be made articulate. Implicit Knowledge (2) is preunderstanding \u2013 an understanding of the context, of the environment and of the language employed that makes explicit knowledge possible and forms the basis for tacit knowledge (1). Most of this remains inarticulate, e.g., as the deep structure of grammar: e.g., we recognize ill-formed sentences without necessarily being able to say why. Latent knowledge is derived from explicit data stores, e.g., through data mining, but it is only meaningful through human interpretation which involves a pre-understanding. Explicit knowledge is articulated and is often electronically stored. Explicit knowledge resides in documents such as letters, memoranda, white papers, and other contributions to a knowledge database. The document is clearly the single most important record of an organization\u2019s knowledge processes. Ninety percent of a business\u2019 operating knowledge resides in documents or in the minds of the knowledge workers that produce them.2 Documents are the record keeping medium of business. 2 Mike Bonaventura, , The Benefits of a Knowledge Culture, Aslib Proceedings 49 (April 1997): Knowledge Management. SOASIST - 3/18/04.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}