Posted by Jaci on April 05, 2002 at 10:43:20:

I have searched through the archived postings and cannot really find what I'm looking for. I have two questions, I would love some insight on.
1) Is there a difference between Polanyi's "Focal" and "Explicit" knowledge? If so, what's the difference (I understand "explicit knowledge")

2) If I were to argue that the two main theoretical underpinnings of the Knowledge Management movement are Polanyi's epistemology of personal knowledge and a general systems model (which is really a union of several theories such as Gestalt, Libray science, MIS, etc.), would that be a correct argument?

Thanks in advance for your reactions to my questions.

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Follow Ups:

• Re: Questions on theoretical underpinnings Reilly Atkinson 20:17:53 04/05/02 (9)
  • Mind & knowledge Denham 23:05:11 04/05/02 (5)
    • Re: Mind & knowledge Reilly Atkinson 15:10:58 04/08/02 (3)
      • Re: Mind & knowledge Denham 18:41:13 04/08/02 (2)
        • Re: Mind & knowledge Reilly Atkinson 20:34:46 04/13/02 (1)
          • DIK opportunities Denham 22:58:39 04/13/02 (0)
    • Re: Mind & knowledge Reilly Atkinson 15:10:15 04/08/02 (0)
  • Re: Questions on theoretical underpinnings Jaci 20:28:25 04/05/02 (2)
    • Re: Questions on theoretical underpinnings Riva Gianluca 06:56:26 04/10/02 (1)
      • Re: Questions on theoretical underpinnings Jaci 09:43:54 04/10/02 (0)
• Re: Questions on theoretical underpinnings Riva Gianluca 11:13:46 04/05/02 (1)
  • Re: Questions on theoretical underpinnings John Tieso 11:46:08 04/05/02 (0)

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