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What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge?

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Posted by Kees de Vos on June 02, 1999 at 17:36:29:
This question has been puzzling me for quite some time.
Currently my view is that they are exactly the same. This sure helps to differentiate between knowledge management and information management problems and projects. The difference in criteria for effective information and effective knowledge provide an excellent opportunity to clarify the purposes of certain projects in an early phase in the engagement process.
Has a manual more to offer than information. Yes it enables someone to perform a certain task, but only if he knowls the language the manual is written in, understands the jargon, etc. So he will need to apply quite some tacit knowledge elements to actually DO the task. And than we are not even taken attitude, values , etc. into account.
I am very interested in your opinions on this issue. Because IF explicit knowledge is exactly the same as information a lot of projects trying to explicate tacit knowledge by means of manuals and information systems are bound to be more or less ineffective.
True knowledge sharing could then only be achieved by constantly aligning the refernial frameworks of individuals, e.g. conversation instead of codification.

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Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Dave Paloian 19:37:14 6/29/99 (9)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Kees de Vos 18:29:08 7/01/99 (8)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Dave Paloian 10:32:39 7/03/99 (7)

Avoid "best practices" Lauri Grohn 09:48:01 7/05/99 (6)

Re: Avoid "best practices" Dave Paloian 20:17:00 7/06/99 (0)

Re: Avoid "best practices" Kees de Vos 09:43:35 7/06/99 (3)

Re: Avoid "best practices" Lauri Grohn 12:20:29 7/06/99 (2)

Re: Avoid "best practices" Kees de Vos 12:26:13 7/06/99 (1)

Cultivate "best principles" outsource "best practices" Martyn R Jones 12:45:15 7/06/99 (0)

Avoid "best practices" Avoid labels, avoid language Martyn R Jones 11:44:38 7/05/99 (0)

Proposed direction for ICT solutions Kees de Vos 14:58:17 6/20/99 (4)

Re: Proposed direction for ICT solutions ron dw 19:27:36 6/20/99 (3)

Re: Proposed direction for ICT solutions Kees de Vos 04:24:35 6/21/99 (2)

Re: Proposed direction for ICT solutions ron dw 06:02:28 6/21/99 (1)

Re: Proposed direction for ICT solutions Kees de Vos 08:30:18 6/21/99 (0)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Paul Gallagher 16:31:29 6/05/99 (1)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Kees de Vos 21:25:52 6/05/99 (0)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? John Tieso 14:51:45 6/03/99 (6)

Re: Expilicit knowledge and windshiel wipers Kees de Vos 18:21:11 6/03/99 (5)

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Re: Explicit knowledge and windshiel wipers Mezei 18:29:03 6/03/99 (3)

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Re: Explicit knowledge and windshield (!) wipers Kees de Vos 18:37:48 6/03/99 (1)

Re: Explicit knowledge and windshield (!) wipers Mezei 11:45:59 6/07/99 (0)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Mezei 10:44:48 6/03/99 (10)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Kees de Vos 18:33:27 6/03/99 (9)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Reilly Atkinson 21:48:42 6/03/99 (8)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Mezei 11:43:35 6/07/99 (7)

Re: What is the difference between information and explicit knowledge? Reilly Atkinson 17:52:24 6/07/99 (5)

Whole vs. Coincidence ron dw 08:03:43 6/08/99 (4)

Re: Whole vs. Coincidence Reilly Atkinson 18:14:19 6/08/99 (3)

Good philosophical ontology? ron dw 09:19:25 6/09/99 (2)

Re: Good philosophical ontology? Reilly Atkinson 21:16:09 6/11/99 (1)

Re: Good philosophical ontology? ron dw 09:56:27 6/13/99 (0)

Re: Excellent! Kees de Vos 14:18:56 6/07/99 (0)

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