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Knowledge Creation/Conversion Process
2010, Review of International …
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Abstract
Creating knowledge requires the existence of a person or group of people who come up with new ideas, new concepts, innovative product or process, etc.. Knowledge creation can be achieved through research, innovation projects, experiments, observations etc. Firestone suggests that knowledge production begins with the request of knowledge, followed by individual or group learning, information acquisition, application for evaluation of knowledge and ultimately, build organizational knowledge. According to Nonaka [4], organizational knowledge creation and conversion is based on two dimensions. The first dimension shows that only individuals create knowledge. The second dimension relates to the interaction between explicit and tacit knowledge. These two dimensions form the basis for defining the four processes of creation / conversion of knowledge -socialization, externalization, combination and internalization.
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