{"id":726,"date":"2022-11-24T10:37:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-24T17:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0208\/?p=726"},"modified":"2022-11-24T10:37:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T17:37:12","slug":"theoretical-frameworks-to-think-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0208\/theoretical-frameworks-to-think-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Theoretical Framework(s) to Think About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have chosen Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory, as developed in the mid-1990s (Nonaka & Konno, 1998). The authors describe the Japanese concept of ba, which they translate as phenomenal, shared space made up of knowledge plus information from where an organization\u2019s knowledge creation comes. They go on to describe that if knowledge is decoupled from the shared space (virtual or otherwise), it becomes information. Information can then be codified and recorded for others\u2019 use. The organization becomes a learning entity that is more than the sum of its members as described in Figure 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1 Knowledge and ba (Nonaka & Konno, 1998)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nonaka and Konno have taken the ba concept and their definitions of tacit (experiential) and explicit (data) knowledge and used those to develop the SECI model of knowledge creation (Nonaka & Konno, 1998). SECI stands for Socialization, Externalization, Combination, and Internalization. These four concepts work in a spiral relationship where Socialization (tacit:tacit) moves through the framework into Internalization (tacit:explicit) to convert tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge in organizations. My research will investigate how semantic technologies can be used by distributed technical nuclear expert teams can use to transfer tacit knowledge to explicit knowledge as workers approach retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my initial readings, the framework makes a lot of intuitive sense, which is ironically a criticism of the model by some (Martin & Root, 2009). My concerns and questions revolve around whether it is too much associated with management for a MALAT Applied Research Project (ARP) and whether it might be too cultural, having been developed as a response to Japanese organizational needs, as well as why the model needs to start at Socialization (Kahrens & Fr\u00fcauff, 2018). Kahrens and Fr\u00fcauff also discuss how Ba can be amended in the future, taking into account new technologies. My literature review will clarify some of these issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kahrens, M., & Fr\u00fcauff, D. H. (2018). Critical evaluation of Nonaka\u2019s SECI model. In The Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management<\/em> (pp. 53\u201383). Springer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin, L., & Root, D. (2009). Knowledge creation in construction: The SECI model<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nonaka, I., & Konno, N. (1998). The concept of \u201cBa\u201d: Building a foundation for knowledge creation. California Management Review<\/em>, 40<\/em>(3), 40\u201354.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have chosen Organizational Knowledge Creation Theory, as developed in the mid-1990s (Nonaka & Konno, 1998). The authors describe the Japanese concept of ba, which they translate as phenomenal, shared space made up of knowledge plus information from where an organization\u2019s knowledge creation comes. They go on to describe that if knowledge is decoupled from … <\/p>\n

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