Knowledge is a magic term with multiple connotations and interpretations. It is an issue of academic discourse as well as one with important implications for business institutions. How we define and frame knowledge carries implications for the way we try to manage knowledge in organizations and the de facto knowledge in organizations also carries implications for the knowledge existing in organizations. Within the last few decades, there has been an increasing interest in the tacit dimension of knowledge, which is perhaps hardest to manage, as it cannot be formally communicated, and is often embedded in the routines and standard operating procedures of the organization. Focuses on characteristics of this strategic important knowledge and how it can be organized in networks. Should be read as a case for paying more attention to knowledge and networks and how to manage these in organizations.
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1 December 1999
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December 01 1999
Networks, cognition and management of tacit knowledge Available to Purchase
Mie Augier;
Mie Augier
Mie Augier is Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (augier@leland.stanford.edu).
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Morten Thanning Vendelø
Morten Thanning Vendelø
Morten Thanning Vendelø is Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Informatics, Denmark (mtv@cbs.dk).
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7484
Print ISSN: 1367-3270
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Journal of Knowledge Management (1999) 3 (4): 252–261.
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Augier M, Thanning Vendelø M (1999), "Networks, cognition and management of tacit knowledge". Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 3 No. 4 pp. 252–261, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/13673279910304005
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