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Showing 1 to 20 of 191 for “"Tacit knowledge"”.
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Tacit knowledge in craft pedagogy: a sociological analysis
… This thesis explores the relationship between tacit knowledge and a pedagogy that centres round a master-apprentice relationship, in order to locate tacit craft knowledge within a broader taxonomy of knowledge forms and their transmission practices. By its own definition tacit knowledge …
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Tacit knowledge integration within the traditional construction procurement system
Knowledge management is a broad concept that has been investigated in many disciplines. Tacit knowledge management is more important in construction industry where common issues exist between the design and construction phase. However, most knowledge is embedded in the minds of professions and …
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Enterprise Architecting for Tacit Knowledge Transfer: Sustaining Competitive Advantage:
Tacit knowledge forms the bulk of a firm’s unique knowledge asset, and it is the main source of a firm’s competitive advantage. Up to 90% of organization knowledge exists in tacit form and is embedded deep within the employee’s mind; it is intuitive, unarticulated, and cannot be codified into …
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Tacit knowledge transfer and mentorship : the role of social media
Mentoring facilitates the transfer of tacit knowledge from one individual to another within organisations. The effective transfer of tacit knowledge, through the mentorship process, provides organisations with a competitive advantage. There are a number of challenges experienced by organisations in …
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Knowledge ubiquity through the transfer of tacit knowledge in Australian universities
Knowledge management is a process through which organisational intellectual capital and information can be managed. In order to be successful, both large and small organisations rely on their acquired information and intellectual capital. Sharing of tacit knowledge in organisations can contribute …
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Factors impacting on tacit knowledge transfer within Scrum software development teams
… development has brought recent improvements. Knowledge management is also known to be one of the critical factors to Agile and project success; however, there are some knowledge transfer studies in Agile development. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to present a theoretical model …
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Breathing Archives: Art and Tacit Knowledge in the Post-Oslo Accords’ Palestine
… tool for understanding Palestinian knowledge production and identity in post-Oslo Agreement Palestine (1993 - the present). The objective is to accumulate tacit knowledge emerging from the artistic practices of Palestinians living in and beyond historic Palestine, whose identities …
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The Stakeholder-Profile Framework for Tacit Knowledge Acquisition in Requirements Elicitation Interviews
<p>The stakeholder’s tacit knowledge is a key crown jewel of requirements elicitation, and in turn software development at large. This critical element holds significant leverage in determining the outcome and the quality of the requirements, and therefore the development endeavor holistically. Due …
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Exploration of the relationship between tacit knowledge and software system test complexity
… relationship between system test complexity and tacit knowledge. It is proposed as part of this thesis, that the process of system testing (comprising of test planning, test development, test execution, test fault analysis, test measurement, and case management), is directly affected by both …
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Tacit Knowledge in Learning to Teach: What are the Possibilities for Student Teachers?
This study focuses on a particular type of knowledge which is referred to throughout as tacit knowledge and has been identified as a personal form of knowledge, which plays a key role in the practice and professional development of teachers. In the context of initial teacher education tacit …
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The Acquisition of Tacit Knowledge in International Outsourcing Relationships: The Malaysian Supplier Perspective
Tacit knowledge has been acknowledged to be a strategic source of sustainable competitive advantage. Thus, there is a great urgency for a firm to accumulate a stock of tacit knowledge. The acquisition of tacit knowledge through relationships with foreign business partners is deemed significant in …
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Social capital and tacit knowledge sharing in organisational projects in Malaysian ICT companies
… an attempt to better understand the impetus for knowledge sharing at the individual and organisational level. This thesis extends that research by investigating the impact of social capital on knowledge sharing at the group-level in the organisational project context. The objective of the thesis …
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Privileging Tacit Knowledge within a Software Engineering Curriculum: A Living Educational Theory of Practice
… practice by questioning the nature of knowledge I valued as a lecturer. This questioning led me to develop my ‘living educational theory’ (Whitehead, 1989, p.41) of privileging tacit knowledge within a Software Engineering curriculum. My living educational theory is grounded in ideas of …
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An Investigation into the Acquisition of Tacit Knowledge in e-Learning Environments: An Experimental Study
… the fact that it’s difficult to make explicit, tacit knowledge is certainly the most critical form of knowledge to deal with. Often referred to as know-how, practical experiences and insights; tacit knowledge is known to have a significant impact on one’s quality of work and professional …
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Using Grounded Theory to Reveal Tacit Knowledge for Nurse Educators in an Unfamiliar African Setting
… in an unfamiliar setting. Much of the existing knowledge base is contained within institutional or organizational confines. Individuals new to the field need access to existing expertise and tacit knowledge. The purpose of this research was to generate a grounded theory to guide aspiring nursing …
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Managerial tacit knowledge transfer and the mediating role of leader-member-exchange and cognitive style
The ability of an organisation to transfer knowledge is one of the key sources of competitive advantage for many of today’s organisations (Argote, 2000). New knowledge is created through interactions between explicit and tacit knowledge (Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995). From the distinction between …
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Investigating the extent to which students share tacit knowledge using moblie phones in group projects
… of group-learning to enhance the sharing of knowledge among students in group projects is increasingly preferred over traditional methods. However, there are still many challenges facing students learning in groups. These include: lack of leadership, time and scheduling of workload, free …
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A study of the transfer of tacit knowledge by a monitored tutelage programme for quantity surveyors
This thesis is about how tacit knowledge may be transferred. Its aim is to develop a coaching andmentoring programme for Quantity Surveyors. The literature synthesis includes a discussion oftacit and explicit knowledge and a review of knowledge creation, management and transfer. Itincludes theories …
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The Curricular and Instructional Implication for the Tacit Knowledge Exhibited While Creating a Forensic Craniofacial Reconstruction
… as the student’s personalized understanding (tacit knowledge/knowing) of concepts, lessons, and/or subjects. The student most likely did not perceive, process, and/or retain the concept, lesson, or subject in the manner it was taught to her or him. Teachers asking a student to explain how he …
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Do migrants transfer tacit knowledge? : the case of highly skilled Bangladeshi immigrants in the United States
Transfer of knowledge is a complex process. While codified knowledge is easy to transfer, tacit knowledge is not. "Tacit knowledge is difficult to exchange over long distance because it is heavily imbued with meaning arising from the social and institutional context in which it is produced, and …
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