Posted by Mezei on June 24, 1997 at 14:01:29:

In Reply to: Re: This is knowledge management. Agree? Disagree? posted by Yogesh Malhotra on June 24, 1997 at 13:02:23:

I follow that you are trying to balance - or strike a balance - between 'organizational sense of purpose' and 'individual sense of purpose (or determination)'. The question I have is, can you have these dual 'purposes' existing at the same time? If so, do you not end up with an Apple Computer scenario:Correc a highly creative purpose and highly managerial purpose creating two extremes, simultaneously. The result - inertia? I definitely follow your point, it seems a question of how you define these 'purposes'.

Making 'tacit' assumptions 'explicit' is something I was also thinking about, and how it pertains to this Think Tank site. We are operating in a tacit knowledge 'mode' until the thought hits the 'explicit' screen. Knowledge, in this sense, is a degree of malleability. The structure of the knowledge can change while it still exists in our head (tacit environment), but is more difficult to change on the screen (explicit environment).

Don

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• Multiple Purposes, Tacit Assumptions and Conflict Resolution Yogesh Malhotra 18:13:05 6/24/97 (1)
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