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Research report on tacit knowledge

The value of tacit knowledge has been recognized in organizations in a new level. Tacit knowledge brings value and is an important asset to the organization. With tacit knowledge, we can dig deeper into the issues in organizations and transfer knowledge embedded in people and ICT-systems better.

Tacit knowledge is acquired from experience and practice, and embedded in routines. Creation of new knowledge comes from connecting explicit knowledge with tacit knowledge. The biggest problem of knowledge creation is collecting the tacit knowledge of people. Read about where tacit knowledge exist, how to collect it and how to integrate it with existing knowledge from the project report written by Venla Viertola.

Tacit knowledge in sharing organisational expertise