Posted by Kees de Vos on July 27, 1999 at 10:39:10:

In Reply to: Explicit - Knowledge a description of presentation? posted by Boris Pluskowski on July 27, 1999 at 09:57:41:

Hi Boris,

thanks for explaining the process that lead to your proposition. The process seems to be very similar to mine. I think we only differ a bit in the final conclusion. For me there is no distinction between explicit knowledge and information. What you define as a distinction based on the ease of absorption, I am not calling a distinction between explicit knowledge and information. I do perceive the ease of absorption as a good identifier for valuable information though. So my framework looks a bit like this:

* knowledge
* information
- high ease of absorption (what you call explicit knowledge)
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- low ease of absorption

So as far as I can tell there is only a minor difference between our approaches. For me the distinction between carriers (individuals) and relations is relevant and in this context I feel happy with my personalized distinction.

You are absolutely right in stating perhaps the most important task a knowledge manager has; enalbing the creation of knowledge (in this case by the translation of information into knowledge).

Just one question, based on your example on WWII tactics. Would either scenario of information absorption actually make you a good commander?

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• Re: Explicit - Knowledge a description of presentation? Boris 08:45:28 7/30/99 (1)
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