Some directions for research in knowledge sharing
Some directions for research in knowledge sharing
This paper reviews some issues associated with knowledge sharing, and identifies what the author considers to be potentially interesting and fruitful avenues of future research. The inadequacy of the common distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge is examined, and the importance of providing experience in which the tacit knowledge of the individual can be generated is highlighted. Storytelling, in particular, is identified as one such generation mechanism. The differing ways in which communities of practice may support knowledge sharing and generation are discussed. A link between the health of the communities of practice in an organisation, the nature of its organisational memory, and the ability of the organisation to operate flexibly is hypothesised.
knowledge sharing, tacit knowledge, storytelling, communities of practice, organisational memory
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Klein, Jonothan H.
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March 2008
Klein, Jonothan H.
639e04f0-059a-4566-9361-a4edda0dba7d
Abstract
This paper reviews some issues associated with knowledge sharing, and identifies what the author considers to be potentially interesting and fruitful avenues of future research. The inadequacy of the common distinction between tacit and explicit knowledge is examined, and the importance of providing experience in which the tacit knowledge of the individual can be generated is highlighted. Storytelling, in particular, is identified as one such generation mechanism. The differing ways in which communities of practice may support knowledge sharing and generation are discussed. A link between the health of the communities of practice in an organisation, the nature of its organisational memory, and the ability of the organisation to operate flexibly is hypothesised.
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Published date: March 2008
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knowledge sharing, tacit knowledge, storytelling, communities of practice, organisational memory
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/51603
ISSN: 1477-8238
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